All 2 entries tagged Evanescence

Response to the sleep mini–mix: Mat's Sleeping Mix

Follow-up to Mini–mix : Sleep from á la discothèque

Without wanting to steal some of the thunder from Jim’s excellent Sleep Mini-Mix, it inspired me to create my own, longer version. Whereas Jim made an excellent job of mixing the tracks together seamlessly, I’m rubbish at that kind of thing so I concentrated more on the ordering and making sure that things flowed smoothly from track to track, much like an album ordering… so this is more of a mixtape than a mix :) But enjoy, nevertheless.

Note: If you use the in-browser player, ignore the progress bar – tracks will play one after the other

MP3’s Expired

1. Radiohead - Go to Sleep [Buy Hail to the Thief]


2. British Sea Power - To Get to Sleep [Buy Open Season]


3. Belle and Sebastian - We Are the Sleepyheads [Buy The Life Pursuit]


4. Hope of the States - 66 Sleepers to Summer [Buy The Lost Riots]


5. Voxtrot - Fast Asleep [Buy Mothers, Daughters, Sisters and Wives]


6. Idlewild - Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror) [Buy 100 Broken Windows]


7. Something Corporate - As You Sleep [Buy North]


8. The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight [Buy Give Up]


9. The Flaming Lips - Sleeping on the Roof [Buy The Soft Bulletin]


10. Eels - I Need Some Sleep [Buy Shrek 2 OST]


11. Evanescence - Goodnite [Unreleased]

Mathew Mannion : 17 Aug 2006 10:21 |  Tags: Belle And Sebastian British Sea Power Eels Evanescence Hope Of The States Idlewild Mixtapes Music Radiohead Sleep Something Corporate The Flaming Lips The Postal Service Voxtrot |  Comments (2) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Evanescence

As a music fan who tends to lean more towards indie, post–punk and dance–pop, Evanescence have always been a bit of a dirty pleasure that I've always been a bit embarassed to admit. Written off as a Christian angst–rock group that should be kept exclusively to 13 year old goth girls with dyed black hair and far too much eye makeup, Evanescence have never been the most fashionable of bands to like, but you can't deny the catchy, moshy pop appeal of their music.

Like most other Evanescence fans, I went to see Daredevil, which featured two songs: Bring Me To Life (which afterwards became a #1 hit in the UK) and My Immortal (before it was bastardised upon single release). I came home and pre–ordered their debut album, Fallen, on import and thanks to Amazon got it the day before its' release. It's a common story, and one which has been repeated several times with other bands whose mainstream appeal has been catapulted by a popular film. (See: The Shins)

Fallen, upon arrival, turned out to be rather good. In the meantime I've also purchased two of Evanescence's earlier demo/EP work: Origin, a demo, and a self-titled EP. Now, almost 3 years later, Evanescence are preparing to release a second album, The Open Door.

The first single, Call Me When You're Sober is, in my opinion, rather good. You can listen on Evanescence's MySpace or as a direct stream (see below for links). It's more of the same, but perhaps slightly more refined – it's out sometime in the future, it seems.

Samples

Call Me When You're Sober Streaming WMA | Streaming Real | MySpace
My Immortal (Album Version) MP3 Expired from Fallen
Farther Away MP3 Expired from Anywhere But Home

Buy

The Open Door
Fallen

Links

Official Website
MySpace

Mathew Mannion : 02 Aug 2006 01:12 |  Tags: Alternative Evanescence Music Pop Rock |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem