Life In Vacuum - Nothing Ever Stays Secret

1. The Return Of The Bucketeers

2. Windmill Operator

3. Russian Melody (In B Minor)

4. Idea #3

Life In Vacuum have released their second album titled "Nothing Ever Stays Secret". This album is one that seems to be all over the place. These guys have weird time signatures in their music, and seem to abruptly switch what they are playing on a dime. This is pretty indicative of the math rock and experimental sides of the bands music. We aren't really sure what bands have similar sounds to this, as we aren't very familiar with this sound on a grand scale. This is something we would say is unique though. When looking at the recording quality of this album, it feels like the band benefits from that dirtier, not perfect, raw recording that you get here. This recording seems to fit their style well. The instrumentation on this album is different because they somewhat ride that thin line of is this just a mess of sound or is it genius? These guys can certainly play, but how well is a different thing. You can however tell they do know what they are doing. Now onto the vocals and lyrics, the vocals on this album are a bit sloppy here, but that seems to be the style the band is going for. He is a little hard to hear on some songs, but you can for the most part understand what he is trying to say. This isn't the best singing, but punk has never been about that, so this works. Not bad though. With the lyrics, the vocalist sings pretty fast and sloppy that it is hard to quite get what he is singing about. If you are looking for a single to this album, there isn't one, so just pick a song and give it a listen to get the idea of the album. Life In Vacuum have made an album that follows along with their debut. This gives them a bigger library to pull from, and defines the band more as to what they are. This personally isn't our thing, but we feel there is a market for this, and people will get into it. Give it a listen to decide for yourself what you think about it.

Genre: Math Rock/Post Punk/Post Hardcore

Release Date: June 4th, 2009

Location: Waterloo, Ontario
Website: http://www.lifeinvacuum.com/
Label: None

Life In Vacuum - Life In Vacuum

1. Life In Vacuum

2. I'm Not Real

3. Dance All Night

4. We Are One

5. Death Notes

6. Slothy

Life In Vacuum have released their debut album which they decided to self title. This album has a really different sound and style to it than the typical bands you would expect to see play with these guys. They have a weird, sort of out there styles of punk music. These guys have a similar sound to that of Tiny Moving Parts or a Joliette, so if you like either of those bands, you could like this album. They have done an alright job on this album. When looking at the recording quality of this album, the album has been recorded to a Pretty decent standard. They could of upped the quality a bit in all cetegories but thats what we assume the band wanted was, a rawer sounding album. The instrumentation on the album is not bad for three guys. It is loud and noisy but thats what they wanted. Now onto the vocals and lyrics, the vocals on this album are a little hard to hear and understand. The band has decided to go for a fast and messy vocal style that makes the lyrics harder to hear. We are personally not a fan, but there are people who love this vocal style. Now onto the lyrics, the band has decided to go for songs with messages about not running away and more. Their lyrics are hard to understand as the vocals are sung so fast and sloppy, we can't really make out a lot of the works. If you are looking for a single to this album, here isn't one, so just pick a song and give it a listen to get the feel of this band. Life In Vacuum have made a debut album that is fast and full of angst. However this makes it hard to understand and we would love to have a happy medium. This does show the route the band wants to go in and thats good to hear. We hope the band can get out more to bring their music to more people and get a wider audience. Listen to this album to decide for yourself what you think of it.

Genre: Math Rock/Post Punk/Post Hardcore

Release Date: May 6th, 2008

Location: Waterloo, Ontario
Website: http://www.lifeinvacuum.com/
Label: None

Terrorista - Colour Tape Collection

1. Philip Seymour Hoffman
2. Brand New Language
3. Darren vs Bag
4. Double Negative
5. Dirty Smile
6. Sean Drums
7. Prig
8. Canvas

Terrorista released a series of cassette tapes all with one song on each side, it was to be a series of four cassettes. They have finally released all four which were to be four parts of an album, so here it is, the full Colour Tape Collection. This is the bands debut release and it sounds like a really dirty punk band with indie mixed into it. It's alright for what it is. When looking at the quality of the recording, it could use some work as it seems quite quiet and it feels all rough and dirty, but thats the sound the band was going for. The plus part for the release is that the instrumentation is a bit better here. Now onto the vocals and lyrics, the vocals are alright here and the lyrics actually seem to be the best part of this album, so listen to the words. If you are looking for a single for this album, there isn't one, so just pick a song and listen to it for the feel of the album. Personally we would of just released the album as a whole instead of 4 cassettes every 6 months apart, but thats what the band wanted. Terrorista have a bunch of stuff to work on before this is something industry people will be interested, including the name, as in this moment and time, a name  like this with all the things going on in the world, is not a great name. Hopefully with some progression and tweaking, the band can get it all just right. overall, alright album. Listen to this album to decide for yourself what you think of it.

Genre: Post-Punk/Indie/Rock

Release Date: August 1st, 2015

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Label: None