Hello Daylight -- Gemma

And now for a much delayed review from another Acidsoxx release! This morning in my early Saturday stupor, I decided I was much overdue in reviewing discs, so I popped in one of the remaining Acidsoxx releases that they were very kind in sending. From what little research I've done, these all seem to be new and/or up and coming bands. Hello Daylight is no exception. Since I like to Google the occasional band, as well as the wandering cheerleader, I thought I would check them out, and all I could find was their home page which doesn't really say much. What it does say seems to be in Italian, so it wasn't really much help.
What does this have to do with the music? Well, nothing, actually, but since Erika went to the trouble of sending a sizeable collection for review, I thought the least I could do was offer some extra information on these bands.
Hello Daylight is another synth heavy group with a very strange theme behind this disc. I'll say simply - urethra. It's not overt until the end of the disc, but by god it's there all right! Most of the tunes are slow to mid tempo, and it's not uncommon for the synth to drown out the vocals, so I'm sure I missed quite a bit. This disc really didn't hold my attention the way I hoped it would, but I managed to make it through the whole thing. It's got a peronality all it's own. In some cases it makes me think of taking The Creatures and mashing them up with Love and Rockets. You get some funky loudness that occasionally takes you where you want to go. Some of the cooler tracks on here do a nice job of enticing you in with a soft mellow opening, only to travel to a place where your hair becomes disheveled and your pants wind up around your ankles. As soon as you pull them up and smooth out your hair, you're back! Unfortunately, in the end, this wasn't exactly my cup of tea, but I think this is another group that could find a strong following, especially if you like a little electronica and synth in your music.
My first grade of the new year... C