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Review by J. Darren Lee<\/b><\/p>\n
Beat poetry and psychedelic rhythms is what one immediately thinks when listening to Kim Acrylic and the Northern Drones\u2019 \u2018Fanfare Meltdown\u201d for the first time. But it is so much more than that. Influenced heavily by classic experimental bands such as The Velvet Underground, and by beat poets such as Allen Ginsberg, the music beats out a haphazard melody accompanied by the soft lilting voice of Kim Acrylic. Her poetry is deep, dark, heavy and definitely born from Kim\u2019s life experiences as well as the darker side of Kim\u2019s hometown of Seattle. The lyrics ooze the city\u2019s well known dark, gloomy atmosphere of loss and struggles, whether they are personal relationships, or personal demons.<\/p>\n
The music especially highlights the vocals in a peculiar way, in that the music itself is not what adds to the heavy darkness embodied by the lyrics. The music is light, the vocals dark in a kind of yin\/yang symbiotic state that brings together a whole picture of being. With driving bass guitar and drums, and twangy guitar rhythms, the songs bring the listener on a journey of dark exploration.<\/p>\n
However, the music seems to overpower the soft vocals at some times and drowns out Kim\u2019s poetry as in songs like \u201cGirl Afraid\u201d, and sound quality is not consistent throughout the album. Other than this small production issue, fans of psychedelic experimental music will find \u201cFanfare Meltdown\u201d a dark, but enjoyable musical trip. \u201cFanfare Meltdown\u201d can be obtained at the band\u2019s myspace site myspace.com\/kimacrylicthedrones<\/a>, or at cdbaby.com\/cd\/katnd<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kim Acrylic and the Northern Drones Fanfare Meltdown Review by J. Darren Lee Beat poetry and psychedelic rhythms is what one immediately thinks when listening to Kim Acrylic and the Northern Drones\u2019 \u2018Fanfare Meltdown\u201d for the first time. But it is so much more than that. Influenced heavily by classic experimental bands such as The Velvet Underground, and by beat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[573],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":546,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2008\/11\/14\/new-music-reviews-by-kim-acrylic\/","url_meta":{"origin":987,"position":0},"title":"New Music Reviews by Kim Acrylic","author":"admin","date":"November 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"New Music ReviewsCDs reviewed by Kim Acrylic::: Heavy Water Experiments [Self Titled] Indie,psychedelic and shoegaze all wrapped in this beautiful CD. each track gets better and better till it's filled with noise orgasms. 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