Meeting for the first time in elementary school about eight years ago, the teenage group New Sounds, Better Sounds from Montreal, Canada, love the idea of putting together new and interesting sounds to their music. After being in and out of bands for a while and winning a few local talents shows, Roy Boutros and Charles Guy decided to start up something new – their debut, NS-ONE is the result of that new endeavor. Using nothing more than their old MacBook Air, Logic software and of course, their instruments, the duo has a unique mellow, lush and clean sound with just the right amount of raw, warm tones that’s a joy to listen to.
The semi-instrumental “Karl’s Intro” starts off with mellow tones on the keys, quick crisp drum beats and a gentle, poppy sounding guitar – all jumping in and between audio recordings of the late, great Charles Bukowski. If you’re not familiar with his writing – I suggest you do yourself the favor – and you’ll either love what he says or hate it. I don’t think you can go halfway with Bukowski. “Monkey Junk (with a hint of love)” features a funk-jazz, old style guitar with a clean sound and mellow, magical keys. I believe old recordings of Son House is heard here with just a few lines sung by the band’s friend, Jad Kawas.“This MP3 is a Safe Place” has a smoother, soulful and full sound that has a lot of great additions added. In my opinion, I thought this was the band’s best song. Overall, I think this band has a lot of potential and great, refreshing ideas. “Pataphysics” takes its name from the discipline made famous by Boris Vian, a French Pataphysican. According to the band, Pataphysics is the science of the absurd and the song’s message, which features bongos and chirping birds at the end, is about appreciating the exceptions to everything in life and learning to deal with them.
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