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Reviewed
by: Darklight
Dollshead
is a commercial sounding alternative techno rock band with female vocals.
They remind me a lot of Garbage. Most of the songs delivered here have
a radio friendly "pop" vibe. There are also a few acid jazz style tracks
as well. The overall feel of the album is a bit cold with a serious
mood. There's a lot of melody and emotion combined with some energetic
rhythms and beats. The songs are multi-layered with guitars, bass, drums,
keyboards and programming. The album has quite a lot of variety included
due to everything playing at different paces. There are moody melodic
softer more romantic tracks, energetic tracks and funky jazz/blues tracks
as well. So the band manages to sound rather unique. Everything is quite
good here, but still has too much of a mainstream sound to it. The songs
are structured verse, chorus, verse alternative rock with drum and bass
style electronics in the background. Sierra Swan, the singer of the
band, has a lovely voice. She sings both beautifully and powerful with
a lot of range. I feel that the best material here is the dark and cold
songs. They seem more personal and less manufactured. I actually feel
that the upbeat pop tracks and the acid jazz tracks are out of place.
They ruin the mood of the album a bit. They do allow for variety to
please a wider audience, but that also makes the album a little difficult
to enjoy from start to finish due to having to skip past several of
the songs to get to the good ones. The bottom line is that if you like
serious and moody alternative rock music with female vocals and slight
electronics, you will enjoy this album.
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