Heavy Rock

The Artificial Hearts | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Undertow Music
• ASIN: B000GRUQRY
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #661,570 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Implant this Artificial Heart, October 14, 2006

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zabu - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heavy Rock (Audio CD)

This album is amazing... a textured sonic experience that feels fresh yet familiar upon the first listen. You don't know why, so don't ask too many questions. Just check it out.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars bittersweet spare bedroom pop, September 5, 2006

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1nderboy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heavy Rock (Audio CD)

This is a record that will take you by surprise mainly because it's on a pretty small label without a lot of hype. I just happened to discover the band on myspace and fell in love with the sound. And then also realized it wasn't a band at all, but one guy in his spare bedroom which made it even more fascinating. The opening track is a haunting, melancholy ride with gentle guitar strumming and undercurrents of organ. This is the perfect set up to the second track which blasts off into a more industrial sound with a steady beat and heavy layers of screaming guitars yet somehow still reamins very chill despite the sonic quality. As the record progresses, a more electronic sound becomes prevalent and we then get the sense that this record transcends categorization. It literally blips, bleeps, strums, and hisses its way into your heart. this is a record from a guy making honest, good music. You can tell he's just making whatever songs seem to pop into his head, but the fact that he is limited by an 8-track kind of holds everything together, along with his signature hushed vocals. On his myspace page, Christian Carl, who is The Artificial Hearts, describes it as a long lost soundtrack to a David Lynch film. If so, I want to see that movie. But for now, at least I have the Score.