• Znine
• Campus Calendar
• My Mav
• UTA Radio
• UTA Home
• Student Email
• Libraries
• Wikipedia

• Local Forecast
• Movie Listings
• Traffic Info
• TV Listings

June 14, 2007

Music Review

Strange Moods

Despite the occasional outburst, The Demigs’ new album delivers

Story by: Rebeka Baltazar

The Shorthorn staff

— Courtesy art

Imagine driving down a country road on a bright summer day, windows rolled down, wind blowing through your hair and the person you love sitting beside you.

That’s where most of

Denton-based band The Demigs’ music on their new album, Yardling, takes you.

Most of it.

Other than the strange and out-of-place outbursts from the band, the album is generally good. It’s nothing extraordinary, but it

definitely provides some nice mood setters here and there.

Most of the tracks have a mellow and interesting sound — not quite alternative and not quite punk, with a splash of pop and techno. This tone is found through most of the CD but is too often abruptly changed to something that can only be described as harsh.

“Throw Me Overboard” is a perfect example of this. I had been enjoying the album’s originality until that track came on. Suddenly, I was taken aback by the intense screaming that reverberated from my headphones.

The song may be meant as a joke, but the mood is out of place. The lyrics seem to insinuate that the band is angry at whomever the song was written for, but for the most part, they just don’t make any sense. For all the listener knows, the track could be a strange twist on a love song.

As long as listeners are aware of the occasional excruciating vocal games the band plays, the CD should be an overall good listen.