Paris Is Mine
The Oxford Coma
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September 21, 2015
Greeting us from Phoenix, Arizona, a Psychedelic Rock trio brings something quite interesting and I might say odd. THE OXFORD COMA released a New-Wave-Rock album entitled "Paris Is Mine", as their third manifest in band's career, in August, this year.
Now and then, all of us metallers get our brains filled with heavy distortions, brutal drum pedaling and screams, or there comes a time when you want to sit down in a comfy chair and play something different, something new. And, my folk, this band is that thing we like to "cheat" Metal with - a newer thing, a younger lady (hope you see the metaphor).
Kicking of with an instrumental - "Canadian Question Mark". In the first seconds of it you can smell it, feel it - there's something fuzzy here, yep. Honestly, this lay has mind-bended me all the way though; listening to it I felt trippy, a bit numb and multi-colored spectra dashed within my mind. "Ritailing", second one in a rooster is, for me, a twin sibling of the first. Almost everything is the same, except there are vocaling sections. "The Pulls" is the finest on here, in my opinion, perhaps because the amount of similarity I find within and all of that recalls me of ANIMALS and PORCUPINE TREE (sounds crazy, I know). Watch out for number five - hallucinogen alert.
In and out, these guys have something to offer, this album is a let's-hear-something-new kind of deal and it's decent; I only mind the amount of songs based upon one specific rhythm, as almost they created one riff and hooked onto for entire album. I feel like that one Bass riff is in every second of "Paris Is Mine" and starts to bother; a lot of similarity, a bit strive drumming, but you can expect that from "anxiety" additive within their creation.
7 / 10
Good
"Paris Is Mine" Track-listing:
1. Canadian Question Mark
2. Ritailing
3. Daisies
4. The Pulls
5. Ados Watts
6. When The Levee Breaks
The Oxford Coma Lineup:
Jameson - Bass, Vocal
Billy - Guitar, Vocal
Patrick - Drums
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