event I See Stars
Also Playing: For All Those Sleeping and Get Scared and Upon This Dawning and Palisades
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Fri Feb 8
6:30 pm
I See Stars, For All Those Sleeping, Get Scared, Upon This Dawning, and Palisades at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom
By now the whole screamed-vocals-plus-emotive-lyrics-over-a-melodic-breakdown thing has been pretty much done (and overdone). And yet bands like I See Stars still exist, plugging away at a formula already perfected by the hordes of acts before it. The Michigan group’s full-length debut, 3-D, attempts to re-envision the entire sound, however, by incorporating a number of seemingly contrasting elements into it—electronic blips, classical orchestration, and a guest vocal spot by Bizzy Bone—and the results are mixed. It’s an earnest attempt at genre-hopping and modern innovation—too bad it’s nothing new.
The Rave/Eagles Ballroom 2401 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI
By now the whole screamed-vocals-plus-emotive-lyrics-over-a-melodic-breakdown thing has been pretty much done (and overdone). And yet bands like I See Stars still exist, plugging away at a formula already perfected by the hordes of acts before it. The Michigan group’s full-length debut, 3-D, attempts to re-envision the entire sound, however, by incorporating a number of seemingly contrasting elements into it—electronic blips, classical orchestration, and a guest vocal spot by Bizzy Bone—and the results are mixed. It’s an earnest attempt at genre-hopping and modern innovation—too bad it’s nothing new.
Updated 01/27/2013
