| Artist: | Tin Scribble |
| Title: | Children Of Saturn |
| Label: | self produced |
| Length(s): | 57 minutes |
| Year(s) of release: | 200? |
| Month of review: | [12/2005] |
| 1) | Intro | 1.13 |
| 2) | Entervallum | 1.09 |
| 3) | Vox Populi Vox Dei | 3.36 |
| 4) | Vox De Morte | 0.37 |
| 5) | Bleak | 5.29 |
| 6) | Intervallum | 1.05 |
| 7) | Breakable | 6.41 |
| 8) | Listen | 5.49 |
| 9) | Wake | 6.38 |
| 10) | Things Left Over | 5.24 |
| 11) | Throwing It All Away | 2.06 |
| 12) | Saturn's Sun | 3.01 |
| 13) | Separate Silence | 4.52 |
| 14) | Schwa | 2.30 |
| 15) | For A While | 7.32 |
Bleak opens with a rock drive, softening up for the vocal parts. Plenty of guitar, both electric and acoustic, at this point. The vocals do sound a bit ehm uncareful, but maybe that is the charm of the music, since it also sounds very live and direct. The type of music is similar to Little King: there are not any references to the grand prog bands. These are 'plain' songs harbouring a certain amount of variation and sophistication, but the sound is the band's own. We end a bit of 'experimentation', but only a bit. Intervallum is another shorty, a sinister vocal tune with the wailings of Michael Allen Moore. I can imagine people needing to get used to his throaty voice.
On Breakable he sings in the lower regions, often a place where vocalists are not well at home. Also here, he tends to lose the melody a bit. He is much more at home on the psychedelic rocking chorus. The melody is somewhat Arabically styled, which may remind some of Paranoise for instance. The chorus is strongly melodic and easily gets a seat in your set. A hallucinating piece, somewhere between prog, psyche and alt, with vocals full of drama. Listen for instance to the more percussive middle part and the vocals at that point. And the very dynamic finale. Excellent.
Listen is more relaxed, with doubled vocals this time. There is also plenty of tempo variation here, but the melodies are less appealing. Kind of a heavy wood approach here, although the repetitive guitar riff makes for a manic merry-go-round at the end, and we even get to hear some keyboards underneath. More a nicely rocking live track, than an interesting song.
Wake continues the strain of rock: jangling acoustic guitars, heavy rhythm guitars, the slightly dramatic vocals of Moore, played in a laid back tempo. Things Left Over sounds more promising though, with the piano in the opening and the atmosphere built here. The continuation might remind some of Rush, with a specially strong bass presence. I do get the impression that the recording of the vocals needs more attention. In the middle the guitars take their leave, and the vocals come out more prominently. A few minutes later the electric guitar comes back in for a solo.
With Throwing It All Away we come back to the somewhat shorter songs. The vocals wailings are wordless this time, or at least not quite intelligible. A bit messy. This type of song only works when you record and arrange it meticulously. Saturn's Sun is more of a moody tune, with the vocals of Moore working well this time. The song has both electronic elements, as well as some world music like ones. The overall feel is dark.
After such a sparse track, Separate Silence rocks understandably. The chorus line is good, and catches the ear. Schwa is an odd one, with marimba for the most part and a 'classical' feel.
For A While is the closer and the longest song on the album. It opens with nicely bouncy bass playing, soon accompanied by guitar. The vocals do lack a bit in melody again. I do get the impression we have heard this before. The second half (more actually), is rather laid back, and not that strong.