REVIEW: ETOILE NOIRE - SLEEPING BLACK EYES

 

ETOILE NOIRE - SLEEPING BLACK EYES (Independent, 2001):

Technical data:

Recorded and Mixed by F.Milanesi and P.Scotti at Kobal Studio and by R.Bascetta and A. Tedeschi at Akustika Studio

Logo by Roberto Toderico.

Track List: 1- Ascension, 2- Sleeping Black Eyes, 3- Eyelids Covering Mirror, 4- Melt, 5- Point of No Return

What a strange mix! This guys come from italy and their music is like a mixture of gothic rock, punk rock and straight forward rock and roll (there are certain arrangements that would not be out of place on a metal band like the beginning of "Eyelids Covering Mirror"...really gothic). The first track here, called "Ascension" is really the hit, because is simple, potent and has the hooks needed on the chorus to make the song stuck in your mind. The vocals are sometimes really late seventies punk rock, and that is really curious for me because it makes a contrast with other parts where the singer uses a deeper voice more on the gothic vein. There are certain acoustic passages like the mentioned beginning of "Eyelids Covering Mirrors" and some use of violin .This is original. Favorite tracks: "Sleeping Black Eyes" and "Eyelids Covering Mirrors" . Contact: www.etoilenoire.net