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Margin of Safety - Dream Traps & Black Cats
Dream Traps & Black Cats

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It's been a long time coming..


The first instrument tracks for this album were recorded over three years ago (before Margin of Safety even existed) by me and Mika. Since we started we've been trhough four different recording hardware (computers, digital recorders, microphones, amps and all-sorts periferials) and that in the end resulted in a varying sound quality throught the tracks.

That in count and all other overlapping projects, lack of faith and pure lazyness, the completion of the work kept getting delayed indefinitely.

There were times when each one of us suggested that we scrap everything we've recorded and start from scrach. If we had done that, the album would have been finished at least a year ago. But that wasn't realy an option considering all the work we had already put into it.

Two tracks got dropped from the album (one of them will be re-recorded for our next one and I promise, that one will NOT be three years in the making), one short song was composed and recorded a while ago.

All in all Dream Traps & Black Cats turned out to be a different album than the one we started recording, and that might be a good or a bad thing. But here you are, our first album that due to circumstances came out fourth.

This is what it used to be like..

All music by Margin of Safety
Lyrics by Jari Schroderus

Mika Hiironniemi - Drums, percussion, MIDI-tracking, recording, mixing, poducing
Petri Koivistoinen - Bass guitar
Jari Schroderus - Guitars, vocals, MIDI-tracking, harmonica, co-producing, coverimage
 


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15/10/07

Bon la couv est super moche, mais le contenu vaut le détour, voire l'alanguissement. Je retrouve l'ambiance qui m'avait retenu chez Swell, à l'époque du grunge et du hardcore velu. J'ai cessé depuis un moment d'entendre un son et une ambiance attachants dans le rock (et les Inrocks!) depuis que Farnk Black nous pourrit avec sa carrière solo, je le retrouve (un peu) ici

Et je ne sais pas si ils sont finlandais , ou écossais , mais ils sont très brumeux et ça me va!

cheers.

26/06/07

EINFACH professionell hergestellt

EINFACH stimmungsvoll

EINFACH und wirkungsvoll

EINFACHER aber kein einfältiger Psychedelic Rock


Und überdies wussten die Jungs EINFACH, was sie taten


Aber EINFACH zu kurz, obwohl bereits 35 Minuten "lang"

25/06/07

I have to agree with kocio. The vocal on this record does not hold up to the goodness of the music. I understand the aesthetic that vocalist is attempting, however, to me, that aesthetic is misplaced here. This music is too good, too strong for the skinny, thread vocal as presented. Compared to the music it seems the singer is always holding back.

23/06/07

Je discerne à peu près les (bonnes) influences du groupe, qui ne parvient pas toutefois à tirer son épingle du jeu.
Les musiciens sont forts (la batterie sur le titre d'intro est digne d'Archive). Il y a ce côté prog' c'est indéniable mais...
Le problème, c'est que j'ai cette impression de 'déjà entendu', et dès lors ce qui devrait être chaleureux comme ambiance s'estompe dans l'accoutumance à ce style. Le chanteur qui traîne la patte n'est pas là non plus pour remettre du bois dans le feu.
Ajouter un peu d'electronique là-dedans ne me semblerait pas une mauvaise idée par les temps qui courent. C'est juste une suggestion...
Une belle pochette (c'est ce qui m'a attiré).

Melki

23/06/07

Nie wiem, dlaczego ten zespół zdecydował się nagrać album z piosenkami. Wokal jest niestety słaby, a w dodatku przysłania to całkiem ładną muzykę. Wersja instrumentalna miałaby u mnie około 7/10...

***

I don't know why this team decided to record the album with songs. Vocal is sadly weak and it also eclipses pretty nice music. Instrumental version would gain 7/10 from me...

25/11/07

J'ai pris la peine enfin d'écouter cet album chanté et je suis déçu. J'étais pourtant un fan des 3 premiers albums ! Exit le coté Free Rock Psychedelique qui faisait leur force, finies les longues improvisations, les solos de guitare et le son "à la Hendrix" (qu'on retrouve un peu ici sur "A man with a plan"). Ici on a un rock Progressif qui n'est ni bon ni mauvais. Espérons qu'ils reviennent à leur premiers amours.
Par contre belle pochette dans le style King Crimson !

25/11/07

I very like the voice you have on this album, and the instrumental too. there are many influences from the 70's, and a touch of modernity, and a way of singing that makes me thinking to Bowie, sometimes.
It was a good time listening this, I've downloaded this album.

04/08/07

A little bit more crazy, just go one,very nice thank you

28/06/07

Il est vrai que cet album est different de leurs album précédents et un peu moins passionant, mais pour etre juste c'est en fait leur tout premier album ,alors , un peu d'indulgence, la suite est vraiment plus riche.

24/06/07

Although I liked the style of the other albums much more than this rather generic sounding one, I still think that this is good music.

 

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FIN
Genre psychedelic rock
Release June 22, 2007
Listens 5319 Downloads 562
Starred 33 Playlisted 12    
Reviews 10 Rating 6.5/10

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