Farewell – Eighty Eights [Single]

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October 20, 2008, 08:03 PM

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To begin with, the first time I listened to the track, I had no expression, it felt like there was nothing to it, and it was another synth lead pop song. I was wrong. Fifteen minutes after listening to the track, I found myself singing a song; I couldn’t quite put my finger on what it was. Turns out it was this track! I listened again and again, and each time, it got better and got my feet tapping a little bit more, and five play counts later I was playing the whole song on my desk drums with my pens (using an empty box of Haribo as a snare drum, I might add!).

The impact of the beginning floor tom to present the song is awesome, it provides a quick snap to begin the main riff. Although I’m not a fan of using synth in music that should be guitar and vocal based, this synth line is ridiculously catching and smooth flowing, a great start to the track. As vocals begin, they seem some what out of place, but it comes to attention that this is exactly what the song needs, an original voice!

Throughout the whole song, everything is kept to minimal simplicity, the drums are basic, but sound as tight as a duck’s rectum (water tight), the guitar’s are merely there to carry the melody, and it’s done perfectly. Although the ending is predictable, is it really a bad thing? Nobody likes to listen to anything that isn’t within a trend, so Farewell have most definitely struck it right with this single.

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