Awake At the Funeral is the debut album from Los Angeles band Deep 6 Holiday. The band is self-described as "the skinned-kneed orphan of the rock community who was raised by a pack of jazz musicians while spending too much time with its best friend's classical music family."
That description is not too far off. The album is lush with string and woodwind arrangements which build on a strong rock base. That is all topped off by singer Tyler Azelton's lovely and haunting voice.
The songwriting is intimate and theatrical. Azelton has obviously written about subject matter that is very deeply personal in nature.
The affect is to give Awake At the Funeral a very modern Gothic feel to it. A simplistic comparison would be Evanescence minus some of the knuckle-headed rap-rock.
Unfortunately, many of the songs seem to blend together. On more than one occasion the listener has to stop and ponder "haven't I heard this song already".
With that aside, the band's positives demonstrate that there is definitely something special percolating under the surface here.
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Best tracks: "Water", "It's Not Me"
Track listing for Awake At the Funeral:
- Water
- Strong
- Falling For You
- It's Not Me
- Seafaring
- Anastasia
- Breathe
- Empty Casket
- Cyber Home
- Will You Remind Me
- Greta
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