Celebration is definitely unique. Hello Paradise features loudly recorded but softly mixed distorted guitars, an organ with crazy effects, a steady bass, punk-sounding drums, and a hidden piano. Seems simple enough, but they go off on the most adventurous of tangents by inserting some random instrument to add a psychedelic feel. Only one instrument changes the whole atmosphere of a song. It's really interesting. Some might classify them as alternative or rock, but they're just bizarre enough to be experimental.
The first song starts off with a short, Middle Eastern sounding riff. It then quickly changes into a light cymbal roll with some really weird keyboard. I didn't care much for that part, but then it pulls back and turns into a head-bobbing, measured rhythm. The vocals are definitely odd but they fit well with Celebration's overall anything goes, no limits attitude. This pattern of faster-than-noticeable changing parts happens frequently on Hello Paradise.
Hello Paradise is an album you'd have to listen to for it to make sense. You can download the whole record here... you just have to name your price.
4.4/5. Favorite tracks: What's This Magical, Junky, Honeysuckle Blue, Shelter, and Kilamanjaro (no idea why they misspell it).
Best, Jonathan
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