Athena Reich- Stranger Things Have Happened
Self Produced and Released
Dirty Tracks: 5, 6, and 7,8
Recommended – 2, 7,8,9
There are a couple of things that make Athena Reich stand out among the wasteland of today’s music industry. Those are her look, the structure and content of the songs on this album, and her stunningly impressive voice. Her voice is really what makes the difference between a four ranking and a perfect five ranking on our system. The album itself is very good. It has the balance of a psychiatric ward as it flows from emotional music to an insane outburst, to some disturbingly funny lyrics, back to emotional music. The album can best be described as a Broadway musical on acid.
“Contra*dick*tions” is one of those songs on the album where you wonder where the hell it came from but at the same time you’re enjoying it. Any song that can call someone’s dog a “fucking loser” is awesome in my book. The other two songs that stood out were “I am Just a Hole” and “Anarchy.” The two songs flow into each other and make for an almost epic rock opera sound. In all the entire CD is worth listening to and pretty addictive. Your friends might be wondering what the hell you’re listening to but this is one of those albums that will grow on everyone.
We here at Thebrandonshow.com give the album a 5/5 and can’t wait to hear the next album. You can find more out about Athena Reich by visiting her website.
Athena Reich's Website *Link fixed!!*
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
sounds interesting, I hadn't heard of her before. Her site seems to be down, though. Thanks and welcome Brandon!
2 - Jon Sobel
I know Athena slightly and did a review of one of her earlier recordings here
Good to see she's getting her new stuff out there. She seems to tour constantly, maybe she doesn't even have time to check if her website's up...
3 - Phillip Winn
So the "dirty tracks" are dirty in these that the language or concepts are vile?
The URL is missing a .com on the end. Firefox stuck it on there for me, though. :-)