#emorock

https://soundcloud.com/entropiaproject/sets/shugeyznyy-akhyrstan-shoegaze-akhyrstan

Now, right away, if you don’t like any rock music, you probably won’t like their music. However, the people themselves are great people to follow and interact with anyway. The Funeral Portrait (or I might refer to them as TFP) are an American rock group from Atlanta, Georgia. They consist of Lee Jennings, the lead singer. Cody Weissinger, the guitarist. Rob Weston, the bassist. And Homer, the drummer. When you search on google, it says they are rock, but a summary the lead singer wrote says emotional rock. They are influenced greatly by My Chemical Romance, a very popular rock band. If you like MCR, you most likely will enjoy TFP. In this essay i will explain why The Funeral Portrait is the best because of their stage presence, quality of music, and their niceness as people.

I was drawn to The Funeral Portrait at first because of their stage presence. My friend invited me to a concert which included about 7 bands, none of which I had heard of before. It was almost 6 months ago, and my memory isn’t the best but I’m pretty sure TFP was the first band to play. Immediately my friend and I were praising them, in awe of how they rocked the stage. Lee’s singing is powerful, and although he doesn’t interact with the crowd much, everyone pays attention. Rob spins around with his bass, hopping and moving freely. Cody provides amazing backup vocals, and also moves around freely. Homer drums greatly, and gets really into the songs. Overall the vibe is spectacular, especially with how they have the stage set up. They have flags available as merch (which will come into play later also), which drape over some things on stage. Incense burns in places, making it an immersive experience. Stage presence is a must for gigging bands, and boy do they have it.

Stage presence is one thing, and it rarely works without good music, which The Funeral Portrait also makes. TFP has a variety of rock music, from some heavier stuff to some newer alt-rock. Their most popular song is Casanova (C’est la Vie). I love this song a lot, it’s their most popular for a reason. This song is in their first EP with six songs, titled “For the Dearly Departed”, which was released in 2014. Their only full length album out to date is titled “A Moment of Silence”, and from this album comes one of my favorites, ‘Cerulean’. Between that album, released in 2016, and now, there are a few singles. All of these are ‘The Crash’, ‘Flowers in the Attic’, ‘Holy Water’, and ‘Paper Mache Man’. A new album is being teased, and will almost certainly come out within a year. I’m sure it will be amazing, as I love and appreciate every single song they have out so far.

With new, amazing music, The Funeral Portrait is almost constantly touring, and you can have the chance to meet them. This past summer my friend and I saw them twice in 2 weeks, at the same venue. Since TFP is a relatively small band, they work their merch booth after they are done playing. Lee is usually the one manning the station, and is unbelievably nice. The first show, my friend and I went over for free posters they were giving out. Lee was there, and he was ridiculously nice. While I was checking out the rest of the merch, I saw a large flag that I really liked. Stupidly, I only brought $20 dollars, thinking I’d just get water or something. The flag was $30 dollars, but since Lee is so generous, he let me have the flag for $20. This really shows how amazing he is, because that was the first show we’d been too, first time we’d even heard of them, and had never met him before. We also talked a little bit about bands we liked, which was cool. Lee took pictures with us, and we also got pictures with the whole band at the second show we went to. At the second show, we asked Lee about the polaroids they were selling that we knew about, and he reserved them for us and even came to get us when they were finished printing. He rounded up the boys from backstage and we took a picture. None of the other guys really talked, but they were nice enough to take a picture. Cody and Homer retreated backstage again, but Rob stayed out at the merch, and he spoke a little. Since then, my friend and I have spoken to them on instagram as well, and they reply like friends. Not only is The Funeral Portrait an outstanding band, but they are also friends.

A cada paso que da, Cazzu se encarga de consolidar su reinado a nivel local y regional. El próximo domingo 01 de septiembre desembarcará por primera vez en el mítico Teatro Opera Orbis con un SOLD OUT en solo 12 horas. Excusa perfecta para repasar ‘Error 93′, un gran disco que define su interesante y versátil identidad sonora. 

Nacida bajo el nombre de Julieta Cazzucheli en la provincia de Jujuy, Cazzu es una de las grandes realidades y apuestas de la música argentina. Con apenas dos discos de estudio en su haber (Maldade$ y Error 93), esta notable artista ha logrado consolidarse como uno de los nombres de peso en una industria que ya no puede hacer nada para detener el avasallante paso del talento femenino en nuestro país. Hecho que se ve confirmado con su presentación SOLD OUT -en menos de 24 horas, un récord notable- del próximo domingo 01 de septiembre a las 21:00 horas en el mítico Teatro Opera Orbis.  

Demás está decir que su nombre se encuentra a la par -y hasta por encima- de las más grandes estrellas del trap local y que ha sido siempre recibida por ellos como un miembro de lujo de un club por completo exclusivo. Si el trap (en todas sus posibles variantes, que no son pocas) es el sonido que domina las grandes listas de reproducción y que se ha ganado el amor de las nuevas generaciones en la Argentina, Cazzu es sin lugar a dudas una de las grandes responsables de este interesante fenómeno que supera por lejos los estrechos límites del escenario. 

Luego de insertarse hace dos años en esa falla situada justo entre las escenas underground y mainstream con el filoso, caliente y bailable ‘Maldade$’ (2017), para su segundo paso en la industria discográfica eligió un camino bastante diferente. Domadora y destructora de escenarios como ninguna/o, Cazzu exhibió tanto en formato masivo (Buenos Aires Trap y Lollapalooza Argentina 2019) como en el más reducido que es capaz de liderar el movimiento apoyándose sobre una sólida base conformada por la cruza entre el trap y el hip hop clásico con el emo-rock/punk, el rock industrial y el nü metal. 

Se podría decir que el resultado de ese proceso es un muy original emo-trap con fuertes ráfagas de potencia industrial y garagera, que apuntala las temáticas clásicas de este sub-género del rock y del punk, pero sin perder la esencia ambivalente (densa y bailable) del trap de Atlanta ni  la cadencia sensual del reggaetón. Es difícil rebatirlo: ‘Error 93′ es el disco con el que Cazzu encuentra su identidad sonora y con el que se define estéticamente como una trapera neo-futurista dispuesta a desafiar a quien sea que se le ponga por delante. 

Haciendo gala de una voz -algo que está en el debe del lado masculino del trap- que maneja los agudos y los graves con una facilidad notable, Cazzu se desliza por un álbum con la duración justa y necesaria que la define como artista. El sollozante desafío compuesto por el dueto “Visto a las 00:00″/”Mucha Data” la encuentra golpeando y seduciendo de forma ascendente, permitiendo que esa persona que causó tanto dolor se acerque desprevenido a la guarida de la leona. El reggaetón y el trap más puros hacen su ingreso en “Rally”, pero es entre las alternantes y oscuras bases de “Penas y Problemas” donde Cazzu nos explica de forma punzante y contundente que es el emo-trap.

Un poco de Soundcloud Trap nunca viene mal, por lo que “Mentiste” funciona como una balada 3.0 perfecta -con un tinte lúdico interesante en la melodía- que gira alrededor de la confianza perdida. El calor latino rompe con el esquema vigente durante “Al Revés”, para dar luego un valiente paso hacia el pop post-2000 con la acelerada y (poco) inocente “Ya No Quiero”. Susurrando “yo ahora estoy que me muero, por tocarte de nuevo”, Cazzu se adentra en los terrenos tormentosos del emo-pop, estableciendo un diálogo con la propia conciencia que se potencia por su habilidad para las rimas. 

La colaboración de Lyanno, Rauw Alejandro y Dalex a lo largo de “Nada” es una -caribeña y nocturna a la vez- invitación al delito en el mejor de los sentidos posibles. Habiéndose mostrado también capaz de manejar la fórmula del hit radial a la perfección, el cierre con “La Clase” es a todo trap(o): con la presencia de dos pesos pesados como Ysy-A, Duki y Neo Pistea, la oriunda de Jujuy define quienes son la ley, quienes son los dueños de la clase, creando un nuevo punto de referencia hacia el futuro para cualquier tipo de feat dentro de la escena.

Cazzu se presentará en el Teatro Opera Orbis el próximo domingo 01 de septiembre. ENTRADAS POR COMPLETO AGOTADAS.

The shorthand for this song is that there are two people one has been hurt and damaged by past relationships while the narrator loves them and wants to help them, ultimately it doesn’t work out but I still consider this a fairly happy song. 

The first thing I’d like to mention is the lyrical basis being very unstructured with no clear verses or chorus which could possibly resemble how the character that is damaged feels. Their life is a mess and their not quite sure what to do with it. 

The song starts fast as if the narrator is angry at the person that abused the other character they love. The idea of this person being no good is apparent from the lines “The promise that he made//left broken on the floor” showing that he couldn't deliver and hence they broke up. The character who is damaged is hurt as shown by reference to a bruise on their heart yet they don't want to end the relationship as she is “begging for more” and this is the repeated. 

The next verse is full of emotion with the first line containing some very raw vocals in which the narrator sarcastically thanks the girl and says how she made him feel worthless which could possibly be a nod to how he thinks she felt and maybe even guilts her into trying things out with him which he is desperate for as the second line directly shows. He intentions are clear in that he wants to marry her as he makes reference to wedding dresses.

Cut to the following verse and the lyrical structure is exactly the same except this time it is happy. He makes reference to it being the best day of his life which is commonly a wedding day and this is confirmed by the reference to wedding dresses again and how it’s his only light.

It is now that the relationship goes bad and they begin to admit that maybe this isn’t the best idea with the lyrics “And in the mess of all we’ve see//I am open to everything” the second line shows that he wants more than anything for it to work despite the first line showing that in reality it was a bad decision. 

The next two lines are whispered which represents the narrator eventually comes to the realisation that they may have to divorce and it is a painful idea followed an interlude that both confirms the idea of them splitting up and shows the passing of time. 

After time apart she moves back towards her old, toxic relationship which she feels will be better; as it is said that time will drown us in its wake and old habits die hard it eventually goes toxic again. However the narrator is still faithful and wants to help her survive the relationship as he says that he will clearly stay. and wipe the blood from her wedding dress showing the abuse is still prevalent. 

A little birdy told me it was @sai-shou's and the twin's birthday today~ XD Happy Birthday Sai! Lucy and I wish you a wonderful day and many more nice days to come. Thank you for being you. Stay golden!

Today was April 20, the twin's 22nd birthday, and it seemed Faith would be spending it alone.