Hello there, =]

I'm not sure if this is allowed here, and I'll delete the thread if it isn't, but I'm in a band called Some Electric Life and I was wondering if the members of Coldplaying would be interested in listening to us.

 

Our main influences are Radiohead, Tool, Coldplay, Beatles, Raconteurs, Bloc Party and alot more.

 

We're mainly an alternative rock band, but we aim to have alot of hooks in our songs, so despite the "heaviness" of the music, it's still listenable and enjoyable.

 

I am the lead guitarist/song writer (and also potentially backing vocalist in future) for the band, so I'd love to know what you think about our music. We're a very young band, our EP was recorded about a month after we became the lineup we're currently in (it's changed a few times over the months).

 

Our EP: Dancing About Archiecture, is free to listen to on Myspace.

 

http://www.myspace.com/someelectriclife

 

Thanks :)

Just listened to all three songs, ready to offer a humble critique.

 

First of all, great solo in "Lost It". That was pretty cool. :)

 

At first listen, I thought "Lost It" and "Lights" sounded a bit too similar. I listened to parts of them again and didn't think that the second time. I don't know what it was that made me think that, but I felt I should mention it.

 

"Unforgiven" was my favorite of the three.

 

Listening to "Lost It", I could definitely hear the Bloc Party influence. Maybe that's just me.

 

Personally, I thought "Lights" was too long.

 

And finally, your drummer sounds great, but there were a few drum fills I heard (namely in "Lights" and towards the end of "Unforgiven") where he's too busy rockin' out to come in at the right time. Like, he'd play the fill, but it would go a bit too long and then the snare or cymbal or whatever would be late on the downbeat of the next measure.

 

All things considered though, a great effort. Keep working on all that stuff, keep writing songs, and keep making music! Nice job. :)

Thanks for your critique and reply. Really appreciate it. :)

 

I'd agree with Lights being too long, we need to trim it down and make it more varied.

 

Ahh yeah, there's a few mistakes in EP, mainly cos the whole thing was recorded live, so some of the endings to the songs we're written on the fly. =]

 

Would anybody else care to listen to us?

i wanna listen to you guys, i know a lot of small/beginning/indie bands personally and i'd like to expand my horizons

Sorry to bump an old thread, but my band have a gig and we're recording our album next month!!