While I certainly wouldn't consider myself a diehard Coheed and Cambria fan, I have yet to come across a song of theirs I haven't liked. I've seen them once in concert, just with some friends as something fun to do, and it was probably the most visually stunning thing I've ever witnessed at the House Of Blues (and that's including Lifehouse and Josh Gracin concerts).All that being said, when the opportunity came up to review Davenport Cabinet (previously The English Panther), the solo project of Coheed's guitarist Travis Stever, I took it for the above reasons, and the fact that I rarely am available to review something for CB but this was finally a good schedule fit... andddd the fact it meant I was going to score so pretty good free music.
Let's talk about how incredibly worth it this was.
The album starts out with a short instrumental intro, "Night Climb," which serves to build some anticipation for what's to come. It moves on with such... well, interesting tracks. Or rather, an interesting compilation of tracks.
The music range on this album is odd when you break it down, though I didn't notice it until I started breaking down tracks. Everything somehow flows so well together, despite going from one genre of rock to another. Let me explain: we start with Deterioration Road." It's lighter in sound than I would have ever expected, with just an underlying tone of darkness that is entrancing. "Simple Words," which comes right after that, adds in a female vocal on top of a simple guitar strumming.
