PHILOSOPHICAL SONG

Minty Core Radio Presents "Philosophical Song" by Bryan Boatman

So this is life
What a silly little game
And this is me
And I was just trying to be myself

It seems to me that everyone is anxious
And afraid to be happy and courageous
And the pain I see is all wrapped up in greed
And I was just trying to be myself

I don't know what the hell the future holds
And so life goes... you wake up one day, and now you're old
As the smog layer grows, our children will be left without hope
I love you all, goodbye, farewell

And I was just trying to be myself

WELSHER "-1 AND 1 IS NONE" TO BE RELEASED THIS SPRING

 

 

 

At long last, the first WELSHER album, titled -1 And 1 Is None, will be released this spring on MintyCore! The picture above is the cover, and booklet art is being finalized daily. Spanning the entire catalog of the band from 1998 - 2010, this debut album also serves as a discography, and clocks up at over 60 minutes. All twelve songs have been re-mastered by Stephanie Villa at Marsh Mastering, including two that have never been heard before. WELSHER's freestyle, jazzified, experimental punk style transcends time, holding up through the years, while other genres and trends have come and gone. Re-open your mind and expect the unexpected with this groundbreaking, progressive musical release.

"ANDROMEDA" LIVE (ACOUSTIC)

Bryan Boatman performing an acoustic cover of Welsher's "Andromeda" at DBA256 in Pomona, California. Lyrics can be found on the YouTube channel.

A LITTLE TRUTH IN EVERY JOKE

Reggie And The Full Effect  Last Stop: Crappy Town Vagrant Records Release Date: June 17, 2008 As the self-proclaimed "biggest Reggie fan in the world", I was absolutely ecstatic to learn of a new album just about the same time I had assumed the band was over. I had heard that singer-songwriter-instrumentalist James Dewess had been through a roller-coaster ride of a personal life over the last few years- getting divorced, playing in different bands, deleting Reggie’s MySpace page, etc. All in all, details surrounding a fifth release sounded a bit sketchy and I had no idea what to possibly expect. Dewess lets it all out, and fills us all in, on what is easily the darkest, most personal Reggie And The Full Effect album to date, the sarcastically titled, Last Stop: Crappy Town. Gone are all the melodic, catchy dance beats and fun alter-egos of past albums, for the most part replaced by angry lyrics, hard guitar riffs, and death metal screaming. There are a few songs that remind you of why you probably enjoy Reggie in the first place, such as tracks 2 and 4, when, for a brief moment, the melody goes melodic and you feel as if you are in complete and utter bliss. Dewess has such a beautiful singing voice that it’s almost a shame he opts to scream as much as he does on this record. The album is a logical, harder progression of their previous album, 2005's Songs Not To Get Married To, however the screaming is “real” this time and not just tongue-in-cheek. The fact that there are only two melodic progressions on an album of twelve is quite a shock. On a side note, there is hardly any silence, as all the songs flow from one to the next, which works well with all of the song titles being names of subway exits (ex: "Smith and 9th"and "E", respectively) Hey, Reggie was never one for taking song titles seriously, anyway. Dewess shows us once again that he doesn’t care what anyone else thinks. He never has and never will. This fact is what always separated RATFE from the rest of the predictable pop-punk acts. He’s willing to be honest with himself first, and you, as a listener can choose to either love it or hate it, and either way it’s cool with him. I tried really hard to like this album, but the drastic change from an already extremely original sound left a bad taste in my mouth. As a result, I feel very unsatisfied with the overall direction he’s taking the project. But as even he himself admits on the opening track, “I’m not exactly who I used to be”. 2 out of 5 stars.