The Days, The Nights.

So today I found out that I had my first request.  The request was to review "The Days The Nights"  a band based out of Portland, OR.  Of course this brought me to a realization, since people asking me to review things may have a vested interest in something receiving a good review. This leaves me with a dilemma, Should I help people I know out  by giving good reviews and possibly damage my integrity, or should I be brutally honest and damage projects that may be important to friends?

Well its not going to be a problem this time because this band is pretty solid.  Of course if you have my type of tastes and are more into Sizzla and Immortal Technique this band will probably turn you right off.  However if you are down with the Murder City Devils, or The Queens of the Stoneage this band might really do something for you.

For this review I only had the rather limited sample of four songs that are up on their Myspace page, but I will detail what I liked about them here.

"Her Name is Alice"  - Okay I can see why this song has the most plays out of all of the songs on their page.  It has a pretty sweet hook right off the bat, its got some heavy distortion and your basic hard rock instrumentation, the lyrics are nothing to write home about however the delivery of the lyrics makes this song shine. It is a little bit too long for me but maybe you have a longer attention span.  

"Greenlight" Again the guitar riffs in this song are catchy, this time the vocals could be improved. The bridge about 2:25 into the song actually really took me by suprise with an almost Muse-esqe chord progression and tempo change that was very pleasing to the ear.

"You Should Ask Yourself"  This song seems to be an attempt at showcasing the vocal talents of the lead singer however it lacks the interesting riffs and hooks which immediately caught our attention in the first two songs other songs, leaving this song alas, a bit mediocre, of course it has its moments, a interesting breakdown before a guitar solo that while not that impressive is probably the perfect length helps to break up the song so it is not monotonous.  By the end I was actually enjoying it bit more than I was at the beginning.

 "One Last Kiss" A little more punkish with less emphasis on trying to harmonize; makes this song the most unique of the four  It is nice and upbeat with a good catchy chorus and it is the perfect length to hold the attention of the listener. However the song is soured by the screaming at the end which I can never accept by any band besides 'System of A Down"  period.  This song was still good however it was my least favorite of the four. 

The Days the Nights will be playing Corvallis at a venue near you on December the 10th check them out.