Distorsis – Distorsis
Name: Distorsis
Album: Distorsis (self titled)
Released: 2007
Members: Eric Bridenbaker, Jeremy Elliott and Tim Melton
Website: www.distorsis.com
Favourite Song: No Love Lost (Track 4)
Of all the very simple albums I’ve received through the mail (a CD shipped in a plain slim-line case was my copy) the artwork is amazing. They definitely used every square inch of the available space to their advantage, and if they meant to or not, it looks great with how the circle in the middle now looks like an eye due to the graphic design. It’s hard to tell from the image that’s been uploaded since that’s stolen from the band’s myspace page, but really, it looks cool. The font for the band name however, is really difficult to read and until I popped the disk into my iTunes, I didn’t really know how to spell the name.
Distorsis is a rock band. Plain and simple. Good steady beats and a strong melody. Catchy tunes and lyrics to make you beleive… whatever the band wants you to believe. (That one’s always a bit tricky to describe. How does someone intrepret someone else’s lyrics?) This is obviously a band of very passionate musicians that work well together to put together some music they really are into.
The individual songs are really awesome in a unique way. The songs are ordered in a way that you can definitely tell one from another, as they all have a different vibe, tempo, and all that other musical technical jargon I don’t always understand. But I do know that Distorsis has very catchy songs that are unique in their own way. Which is always fun, because it shows they are capable of being much more than a one-trick pony, even on one album. Also it’s refreshing when compared to commericial radio, where everyone’s songs sound the same, and everyone sounds like everyone else.
Driving tunes. Long drives need interesting music to keep the driver (me about 99% of the bloody time) from falling asleep. While I don’t yet have the lyrics memorized, I can always nod my head to whatever the tune is on the album. I could also probably listen to this many times before getting tired of it, seeing as how the songs are so different. I could probably learn the lyrics and still not be tired of listening to the same seven songs. Unfortunately I don’t know when Distorsis be playing next, but if I can check them out, I will!
