PARA||EL LIVES review
(Reviewed by Melody Werner)
Para||el Lives is a 2016 album by synth musician, Meteor. I mentioned in my review of Volkor X's This Means War that this album of Meteor's is what started my big synth kick (which was prodded by a livestream by the late TotalBiscuit where a synth track was played), and back on Google+, I was vocal about my love for this album. It's taken a little while than I thought it would to get into a mindset where I feel I can do Para||el Lives justice. Consider this an ode to a magnificent album.
Music, at its core, is one of the easiest mediums to multitask with. You can listen while reading, gaming, cleaning, etc.. By no means a profound observation, but that quality is why music can be so powerful, at least in my eyes. It can, more than any other medium, drudge up vivid memories of yore. Every time I listen to Para||el Lives, I am reminded of when I read Brody's Ghost; I am reminded of the late nights cracking away on personal projects, doing voice calls with my friend, Sheeroz Khan--a torrent of the past.
And Para||el Lives is an album that begs you to come build memories to its tunes. This may very well be the most soothing album ever released. Hyperbole? Two words: White. Crows. Speaking of 'White Crows,' that is a track so beautiful, so memorable, so touching, it was honored with a whole album named after it in 2018. It still may be Meteor's finest work, though that's hard to tell, given how many earworms this lad has plunged into my ears.
Where This Means War is a pulse-pounding extravaganza, Para||el Lives is for the most part certifiably chill in every respect. This is not to say it doesn't have its own head rocking bona fides--a favorite of mine is "Destroyer," which shreds and never fails to get my hairs raising with its welcoming guitar riffs that could put just about any 80's movie OST to shame. But thanks to tracks like 'Djynth," "White Crows," "The World I Left Behind'... this is littered with unique, becalming melodies. When I want raucous, I usually default to This Means War or Invaders (which may be my next music review)--but when I want tranquil, serene, zenlike, there is no question that Para||el Lives is the go-to. This is the kind of music that could whisk an insomniac to sleep.
Para||el Lives is much like an old shoe, even if it obviously is by no means old itself. It's snug and inviting, and I keep finding myself planting my feet in it instead of albums I haven't tried before--and I fancy myself an experimenter. PL is something that is at once fresh, old, unlike anything before it, unlike anything after it (at least yet), and instantly timeless. Be sure to try it if you haven't already. Para||el Lives gets a 10/10.
Masterpiece
Summary:
May very well be my favorite album of my life thus far. Imperceptively pleasant.
Para||el Lives is a 2016 album by synth musician, Meteor. I mentioned in my review of Volkor X's This Means War that this album of Meteor's is what started my big synth kick (which was prodded by a livestream by the late TotalBiscuit where a synth track was played), and back on Google+, I was vocal about my love for this album. It's taken a little while than I thought it would to get into a mindset where I feel I can do Para||el Lives justice. Consider this an ode to a magnificent album.
Music, at its core, is one of the easiest mediums to multitask with. You can listen while reading, gaming, cleaning, etc.. By no means a profound observation, but that quality is why music can be so powerful, at least in my eyes. It can, more than any other medium, drudge up vivid memories of yore. Every time I listen to Para||el Lives, I am reminded of when I read Brody's Ghost; I am reminded of the late nights cracking away on personal projects, doing voice calls with my friend, Sheeroz Khan--a torrent of the past.
And Para||el Lives is an album that begs you to come build memories to its tunes. This may very well be the most soothing album ever released. Hyperbole? Two words: White. Crows. Speaking of 'White Crows,' that is a track so beautiful, so memorable, so touching, it was honored with a whole album named after it in 2018. It still may be Meteor's finest work, though that's hard to tell, given how many earworms this lad has plunged into my ears.
Where This Means War is a pulse-pounding extravaganza, Para||el Lives is for the most part certifiably chill in every respect. This is not to say it doesn't have its own head rocking bona fides--a favorite of mine is "Destroyer," which shreds and never fails to get my hairs raising with its welcoming guitar riffs that could put just about any 80's movie OST to shame. But thanks to tracks like 'Djynth," "White Crows," "The World I Left Behind'... this is littered with unique, becalming melodies. When I want raucous, I usually default to This Means War or Invaders (which may be my next music review)--but when I want tranquil, serene, zenlike, there is no question that Para||el Lives is the go-to. This is the kind of music that could whisk an insomniac to sleep.
Para||el Lives is much like an old shoe, even if it obviously is by no means old itself. It's snug and inviting, and I keep finding myself planting my feet in it instead of albums I haven't tried before--and I fancy myself an experimenter. PL is something that is at once fresh, old, unlike anything before it, unlike anything after it (at least yet), and instantly timeless. Be sure to try it if you haven't already. Para||el Lives gets a 10/10.
Masterpiece
Summary:
May very well be my favorite album of my life thus far. Imperceptively pleasant.
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