first to the new Katharine McPhee song, brilliance ! it's totally the music i pictured her making while she was on American idol (not that ridiculous pop album she released...which went nowhere, because she had NO business making an album like that in the first place!) its catchy, fun and slightly adult oriented in the change of sound shes going for, but like i said, its the music she should be making, and should have been making from the beginning !
the song is called "Had it All" and its a slice of adult contemporary cherry pie. great opening, with a fun hook, great lyrics and some awesome vocals. I'm excited as hell for her new CD coming out next month ! , its titled "Unbroken" which i think is fitting for miss McPhee. since releasing her debut album, she has been let go from her record label , only to find more success with hit producer David Foster, who lets be honest doesn't work with just anyone, so he clearly See's the raw talent this woman possesses.
her new album will be released on October 7Th, so y'all should check out her new single and definitely check out her next album!!
onto Chester Bennington's solo effort.
for those of you who don't know who Chester is , hes the lead singer of possibly one of my most favorite bands of all time, Linkin Park.
coming off of there somewhat lack luster release of "Minutes to Midnight" I'm not too surprised to see Chester taking this time to do whats probably been in the works for some time, a solo attempt
what i find interesting however, is the fact that the song isn't being released under his name, but instead under the title Dead by Sunrise , which features two members from the band Julien-K.
so the question is, how do they mix, and how do they compare to linkin park (neither of which i think are unreasonable questions to ask, and will probably be the questions that are asked the most anyways. ) My personal thought on the first, is that they mix fairly well, the song titled "Fire" is far more mainstream than say linkin parks first few releases, but not as far from the linkin park that we currently know, so the sound is a familiar one.
but how does it compare to linkin park? well ... it just doesn't. i understand this is currently just a 'side' project, but i feel like there is a lack of enthusiasm in the song, a lack of grit and feeling, something i almost always feel while listening to Linkin Park.
who knows, maybe its going to have to take a few more listens for me to really warm up to this song, but as of right now, I'm still just waiting patiently for the next Linkin Park album, which due to this, probably wont be coming out for quite some time.
Dead by Sunrise's debut album titled "Out of Ashes" is scheduled for release on Oct. 18Th.
Well thats all for now! , i need to go wake my mother up from her nap ! holla at yo' boy!!
Mistertom
EDIT : the new katharine McPhee cd was pushed back till jan.2010 ! lamee!!!
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