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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Underrated Conquerors of the World., February 12, 2006
First of all, don't base your opinion on what the reviewer below me wrote. It's almost an insult for Ghinzu to be compared with Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand or Kaiser Chiefs. The first two are unbelieveble boring and the latter one is just plain irritating.
I'll make a few comparisons that make sense. Most of all, they sound like dEUS, another Belgian band, and a very famous one too. Ghinzu's drummer played with dEUS before they got big. But Ghinzu are a fair bit more energetic than dEUS. Occasionally, they sound a bit like Muse ("Dragster-Wave"), but not much. Most of all, Ghinzu has a unique, Walloon sound.
Anyway, the album starts with its title track, a nine-minute-long experimental track which showcases all of Ghinzu's talents. It's a beautifully dark and brooding electronical Rock-song and a long-winded intro to the album. Already at the beginning of the album all the silly comparisons fall flat on their face. This is Ghinzu, and no other band. It's a risk to start off with the album's highlight, but the following songs don't disappoint either. They slow things down with 'Jet Sex', a nice little ballad, but Ghinzu really kick off with 'Cockpit Inferno', where they show the side of Ghinzu I like the most: Energetic and crazy. We move on with Blow's first single 'Do You Read Me?', a very safe choice for single, as it is covered with the "Alternative Rock"-vibe, if you know what I mean.
Things really get out of hand with 'Til You Faint', a first-class ode to all the psycho's in the world created by the bunch of madmen Ghinzu really are. Don't play this song nearby things that are breakable, that's the best advice I can give you. 'Dragster-Wave' is the only connection with Muse. At first you'd think it's a nice quiet piano-ballad, but it's constantly building up until it explodes and reaches a climax. 'Sweet Love' is the album's low point, a cheesy ballad that disrupts the album's flow. 'High Voltage Queen' is the closest to the sound of dEUS in my humble opinion, Rock with Electronica on the background. It slowly builds to a climax at the end of the song. The guys go instrumental on '21st Century Crooners', which stands out for its high energy-level.
'Mine' is a flipped song, it switches from quiet to freaking out and back to quiet, and the lyrics are worth gold. 'Horse' is another instrumental, more electronic than the other one.
'Sea-side Friends' opens with the voice of a sort of demon, which expresses his loneliness (I think) and the idea alone makes me laugh. It's a good ballad to close a spectacular album.
Key tracks: 'Blow', 'Cockpit Inferno', 'til You Faint', 'The Dragster-Wave', '21st Century Crooners', 'Mine'.
Underrated band, not only world-wide, but even in their own country (Belgium) they're too underrated for a band that makes dEUS look like a comedy act.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply awesome!!, July 12, 2005
Ghinzu . well what can i say about their music? i am listening to it right now and i am saying to myself, pure genius. the passion, the energy and the feelings that emanates from all of their songs is simply astonishing. their style? i would say muse, coldplay, massive attack,U2. but make no mistake, their music is totally unique and personally i think that they have by themselves created a new rock style that deserves to be heard globally. if you love rock music with a little something more just give BLOW a try. You won't regret it.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cool band, July 14, 2005
I accidentaly came across this Belgian rockers. It said they sound something like Coldplay. So because I like that kind of music, I got their Blow. After listening to it for the first time I discovered that I got one really cool cd. Well, their music sounds quite like Coldplay. But there are also couple of songs on this one, that sound more like Franz Ferdinand, or even more like Kaiser Chiefs or bands like that. But still really great songs.
There are couple of songs on this cd that are purely instrumental, for example Horse and 21st Century Crooners. I don't really like this two, although the beats are really cool, but there should be some vocal in it also.
Then there are a few Coldplay-like songs. These are, at least the ones that sound the most like Coldplay, The Dragster-Wave, Jet Sex, Sweet Love and Sea-Side Friends (I actually really thought this one is by Coldplay, cause they really captured their style).
Blow, High Voltage Queen (The Reign Of) and Do You Read Me are much faster, funky, lively songs (more like Kaiser Chiefs style). Blow is a 9 minute long and changes from easy ballad to quite harder rock. High Voltage Queen is my second favourite song, still a bit easier. And my favourite from this album is Do You Read Me. The best song, with such a great-sounding chours it just makes you go crazy.
If you're a Coldplay fan you definitely must hear this album. And even if you're not, give these guys a chance.
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