Khigh – “Wise Hedonist”
This sounds like it was recorded at a really good basement studio, it sounds like a fancy demo or like a self-financed recording. The vocals are nasal and the vocalist sounds like he’s trying too hard to sing, he sounds strained, and really, he just can’t sound that great. He’s alright, but nothing too good, but nothing awful, either. The guitar is traditional rock n roll, or at least, that’s what it sounds like to me. The singer/guitarist/head honcho in the thanks list sounds like he thinks he’s really talented and basically thanks no one but himself, nice. Regardless, this is how I hear this: the guitarist may be talented, but the songs are not good. The lyrics and the singing sound like they don’t fit the music. He’s trying to tell a long-winded story, and it sounds like a book, not like a song. The “singing” is somewhat annoying because he’s straining. I tried to listen to this album several times, but every time I had to stop it after a few songs because it was annoying me. I almost never stop cds in the middle. Almost never.