Is This Room Getting Smaller

Onesidezero

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Maverick
• ASIN: B00005O6JT
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #144,451 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here's a Great One, November 23, 2002

By A Customer

This is a brilliant Cd filled with inspiring lyrics, multi-octave vocals, loud and talented guitars, in rhythm bass, and powerful drums. Onesidezero and their debut "Is This Room Getting Smaller" gives a message of depression, while at the same time giving a soothing sound like everything's gonna be fine. The singer can go from a high pitched scream to a soft rhyrthmic hum. Some say they're nu metal, or like Hoobastank, but I assure, they're nothing like Hoobastank, and doing their own routine, with 3 guitarists, drummer, bass, and vocalist. It's their own ballpark.

Song by song breakdown:

"Instead Laugh": A great openner for the CD and the band. The song's of a woman and a man, and one or the other committing suicide cuz he/she can't have one another. Great intro and chorus.

"Holding Cell": A track about an abusive relationship. Good screaming, and even better ending to the song.

"New World Order": A song about resolution and seeing things clearly for the first time. Heavy Metal guitar and laced with screams. The drums are effective and give perfect rhythm.

"A Moment in Time": This is a great song, which seems to be about a funeral, or just losing a loved one. It's very soft, and the singer sounds like he's crying alot.

"Tapwater": Brilliant, hard song with raw energy about giving up. This was one of my favorites for a while. It has a lot of verses, and a little trailer guitar riff which, while quiet, is excellent.

"Shed the Skin": A raucious track that was never one of my favorites. It's good, but never develops a main point about it. Still good music, very hard guitar.

"Awake": Probably the second best track of the whole album! The quiet and distorted guitar sets the mood for insomnia, and the lyrics seem to hint at not being able to make a huge decision. It has a brilliant 12 second intro and a distorted stratchy outro.

"The Day We Lied": This one features acoustic guitar, and sounds mainstream. It's great, and is about a man who's about to be hung [although it probably has a deeper meaning than that]. Another great climactic ending [not an outro, just the end of the song]. Good stuff.

"Soak": Probably the most accessable track on the whole album. Great for the radio, but I've never heard it there. Smooth guitar and drums, with a great chorus. A scratchy distorted ending a little similar to "Awake"'s, only sunnier.

"Eight": The best song on the whole album. 4:40 of soothing riffs and pure forceful anger. Features low hums then incoherent screaming from the singer. Sharp riffs and great bass. The drums again set up a perfect rhythm for the whole song. Great all around!

"NeverEnding": This is probably my least favorite on the album. It's slow, and never picks up a riff or melody. The song itself is about boredom, or at least parts are. It has it's moments, and the chorus IS pretty good. about a 2 minute drumplay outro though.

"Underground": A great album closer, with a smooth base, and rad chorus. Listening to the guitar makes me feel like the sun's going out or something. Gives a great feeling, and has a 3 minute guitar outro for the whole CD, ending with a ghasp.

The whole CD is worth every penny spent for it. Enjoy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely THE best rock album EVER, August 25, 2002

By	Karoliina (Turku, Finland) - See all my reviews

Haven't heard of OneSideZero before? Don't worry, I hadn't either 6 months ago. But I stumbled across their CD while browsing around Amazon.com, downloaded & previewed a few of their songs from their website ([URL]), and decided to buy their CD. It was the best decision I've ever made! There are no words to describe just how amazing this CD is because it honestly gets better with every listen. And it's so dynamic, the melodies are so beautiful, the guitar riffs mind-blowingly awesome that you will never tire of listening to this CD. Take my word for it, because I've listened it through so many times I swear the CD will wear out soon! Simply put: the sheer greatness of this album can't be conveyed with words. Get this album, let the wonderful music enrapture you...I promise you won't regret it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars God this band, February 3, 2004

By	Barry (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews

I had the chance to see them come through Boise ID with Adema in 2002. I did not know anything about them nor did a buddy of mine I took with me to the concert. By the end of the nite after seeing the way they performed especially Mr. Radford me and my buddy were hooked on them. It was not until like 6 months later that I was able to find the CD and when I did I bought it up quick and it did not leave my player for 3 months straight. This album helped to define the summer of my graduation year and all in all helped me through some really tough situations in my life. I recommend this album to anyone and everyone and also keep a look out for Jasan Radford and Levon Sultanians new side band Abloom because they kick.