Valina - Epode
Reviewed by gbowles
"Wow!", I thought when I put Epode on. The drummer is pretty tight. After that, it was all downhill from there. The vocals on this are almost unlistenable. Which sometimes can work, but here it doesn't at all. The guy sounds like he's trying to impersonate Michael Stipe with the flu. Which is bad on both counts. The guitars are somwhat complex and entertaining, but nothing you can't hear on some random up and coming band's web page. These songs are totally non-cohesive. In fact, this sounds like a collection of demos with a mellow bass solo thrown in at the end. Did I say how bad the vocals were? Yeah, I had to reiterate that. [www.myspace.com]