I’ve had to listen to bands that I WISH would have had something worthy of me labelling as a 7/10!
“The Hollywood Charity” brings me back in absolute rock and roll happiness, as it soars on the wings of some wonderful drum work. Ye gods can this kid play! How he’s not panting on the floor in a sweaty wreck after playing this song, I have no idea. Probably my 3rd favorite song on the album.
“Coordinates” announces itself, and the end of the EP, with a thunderous bass-line groove. After that, it really doesn’t’ look back, as it climbs and drives itself into a very nice little rhythm. I’ve gotten to know and love this song, as it is the one that lets me know that it is time to hit “repeat” and start the album all over again. Love it.
I guess what I’m trying to say in my usual subtle way (i.e. babbling incoherently and mixing in phrases such as “it rocks!” or “it RULEZ!” in every paragraph or so) is that OFAC have given me what I didn’t even know I wanted — what I needed.
A new and talented band that I can now have the pleasure of watching grow and mature; a band that has enough talent to survive the current trend of pimping a band for one (maybe two) albums, only to cast them aside as they look for the next new thing.
OFAC have a bright future ahead of them, I think. Especially if they continue to record and release music as mature and well-written as the material on A Liar’s Monologue. My hopes for them are that they get the chance to put these songs (or others) on a major label début in the future.
And, of course, that I get to review it!
Of Fate And Chance are currently allowing purchase of A Liar's Monologue on their myspace page for both U.S.A and international orders. They're also selling a fairly rockin' band t-shirt that I wish I were slim enough to be able to fit into, as well. Darn it!
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