EVERYTHING IN SLOW MOTION: AWESOME UNDERGROUND ★ MUSIC REVIEW

Everything in Slow Motion (EISM) is an American music project by former Hands frontman and Christian metal musician Shane Ochsner from Fargo, North Dakota

I decided to present this review to you just as I wrote it: Going through track by track and giving my first impressions and initial feelings about this body of work.

Coma:

Spacey with echoey vocals and that underwater sound with the guitars. Then the drums come in like crashing waves. I like the instrumental shifts. They go quickly, but it isn’t jarring. I have to say though that at first listen, this vocalist sounds mediocre at best and maybe even inexperienced. He sounds like he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Like maybe he’s singing on a completely different track. His timing is off from the instrumentals. The piano was a lovely addition and added to the emotion of the track.

The instruments are very good with building feelings. Hope, excitement, disappointment, anger.

Bad season:

The drums in the intro are nice but I’m not sure the guitar that quickly follows fits just right. However, as the song builds, it begins to sound much better.  Yes, I love this drummer. No matter what is happening, he holds the song together. I’m warming up to this vocalist, but I still feel like his timing is off. His voice is good, but it’s like he doesn’t know when to stretch his words, or more accurately, when NOT to. It’s like he drags way too many words out and that just discredits them all. But his voice really is something I would pick. He just needs to learn how to use it. Perhaps some lessons with a vocal coach would help. Their guitarist is good, too. But he’s constantly overshadowed by the drummer, even during the long riffs


I am Laid Low:
This song reminds me of being alone outside in the middle of the night. When I was younger, I used to walk from my house to my cousin's house with headphones in. I loved the way the night felt. This song reminds me of that feeling. It surrounds you and creates a peaceful atmosphere.

Runaway:
I don't know how many people actually know this about me, but I absolutely loathe excessive repetition. And the lyrics of this song have way too much of that for me. However, the instruments portray a very real and common feeling, which happens to be what the lyrics are trying to get across. So, in this case, the lyrics didn't do much for me... but the rest of the song accomplished what the lyrics had set out to. I love how this song seems to fall apart at the end. It gives great symbolism.

Capella:
This song wraps up the EP with a very eerie, somewhat depressing, but realistic "Band of Horses" type of feeling. I love how the vocals really stand out. I felt like I was in a room with the vocalist singing his frustrations at me. As if I were the one who had done him wrong. And all of the background oohs and ahs only built on that feeling. The instruments are very minimal in this track, but it's so powerful in the way this song is delivered.


Overall, I feel like this is a great body of work. Each member of this band has a great amount of talent. I would suggest the vocalist take some lessons with a vocal coach to learn better focus and expand on his already present talent.

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