A.C.T. - Last Epic (2003)

[Phoebus]

Ti fobero album!

Oi A.C.T. einai mia mpanta thn opoia parakolouthw apo to Imaginary Friends, h opoia exei enan poly idiaitero hxo. To xioumor stous stixous tous, to sarkastiko kai aytosarkastiko tous yfos, se syndiasmo me tis epirroes tous apo Beatles kai klassikes taineies toy kinhmatografou(!) exoun dhmiourghsei mia mpanta h opoia kanei xabale (mhn skefteite kati yfous Spinal Tap) alla telika pisw ap'ola ta kommatia yparxei poly nohma kai kati pou isws na se problhmatisei.

Sygkekrimena to Last Epic einai ena concept album gia mia polykatoikia, tous enoikous ths, kai ta problhmata tous. Kathe kommati anaferetai se enan enoiko se kapoio shmeio ths polykatoikias kai katalabaineis mesw twn kommatiwn pws exoun anaptyxthei oi sxeseis metaksy twn enoikwn...

Apo pleyras mousikhs, oi A.C.T. einai ARTIOTATOI, den milame gia mia mpanta pou apla exei parei tis kithares kai to xaroumeno yfaki kai paizei gia ton xabale. Oi syntheseis einai poly omorfes kai atmosfairikes, me merika poly endiaferonta prog kopsimata, pou isws thymisoun prog power mpantes(!), poly omorfa back vocals (yfous Beatles) kai genikotera h mousikh einai ena pot pouri apo orxhstrikh mousikh, metal, rock, kai genika otinanai. To album ksekinaei poly hrema me ena orxhstriko intro kai amesw synexizei me ena poly catchy riff sto Waillings From a Building. Synexizei me to Mr. Landlord - Apartment 121, ena klassiko pop/rock kommati sto yfos twn A.C.T. enw epetai to Torn By a Phrase tou opoiou to chorus isws to tragoudate me thn prwth fora pou akousete to album. Sth synexeia, Ted's Ballad, pou opws ypodhlwnetai apo to onoma, einai mia poly omorfh mpalanta, me mia melwdia h opoia xrhsimopoieitai throughout s'olo to album. Me to entono instrumental Dance of Mr.Gumble synexizoun oi A.C.T. pou ksafnika gyrizei me ena reggae rythmo sto Wake Up - Apartment 122! Meta erxetai to kalytero kommati tou album gia mena, to Manipulator - Barbeque, foberh synthesh, fobero chorus, melwdiko kai heavy, ena kommati to opoio exei ola ta stoixeia pou xarakthrizoun tous A.C.T. kai thn mousikh tous. A Loaded Situation - Surveying Room legetai to epomeno kommati to opoio arxizei me ena poly wraio chord progression me kithara/plhktra se unison, to opoio proswpika thewrw oti einai to kalytero shmeio tou album. Sta epomena kommatia The Observer, The Cause, The Effect blepoume thn ekselliksh ths istorias, kai me ena poly melwdiko kai melagxoliko Outro to album teleiwnei.

Se opoion diabase to review mexri edw katw, tha shmainei oti skeftetai na parei to album opote tha to pw ksekathara, PARTO giati aksizei 1000% ta lefta tou...

Ayta, elpizw oi A.C.T. na synexisoun me tous idious rythmous dhmiourgias, me thn idia empneysh kai fysika to idio yfos kai ton idio xabale...

And they lived happily ever after...

[symposium_lexotanil]

kai klassikes taineies toy kinhmatografou(!)

they breed indeed

[necropethamenos]

Loipon fovero diskaki. Mallon tha to akouw gia poly kairo (xmm mazi me tous human fortress-asxeto e?). Plousia mousiki kai idees. ALLA DEN EXW TOUS STIXOUS!!! VOITHEIA!!! THELW NA DIAVASW TOUS STIXOUS!!!!

[necropethamenos]

Kai erwtw: Giati de valane ti gkomena pou tragoudaei sto "the effect" sto telos na tragoudaei OLO to disko? e? giati?

[Phoebus]

Den prokeitai na breis stixous, prepei na agoraseis to cd

[Phoebus]

Kai erwtw: Giati de valane ti gkomena pou tragoudaei sto "the effect" sto telos na tragoudaei OLO to disko? e? giati?

malaka, ena ASXETO panw s'ayto.

Opote akouw to effect kai akouw thn fwnh ths kati pathainw kai skeftomai to videoclip tou justin timberlake pou exei mia gkomena na tou tragoudaei "talk to me boy", kai stigmiaia nomizw oti einai h idia gkomena.