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tracklist:
| 1. trumpets |
| 2. snow in berlin |
Chris Simpon broke a lot of teenage hearts with his band MINERAL. then he grew up, and
said teenagers grew up with him. enter THE GLORIA RECORD. they released a bunch of
great records and then just quit. even after his bands had all broken up, he never stopped
writing, playing, and recoding songs. these two songs are good.
review by glow in the dark debüt der neuen band um legende und ex-MINERAL und ex-GLORIA RECORD mastermind chris simpson!!! enthält die zwei tracks "trumpets" und "snow in berlin"! er hat nix verlernt, auch wenn wieder ein gutes stück reduzierter und ruhiger als die vorherigen projekte. beeindruckend eindrínglich und einfach unverwechselbar.
review by flight 13 chris simpson cut his teeth in the early-mid '90s as singer, guitarplayer, songwriter for seminal band MINERAL. immediately following the break-up of that band, chris went on to form THE GLORIA RECORD, which recorded a couple of releases. despite that records title, it was the last successful endeavor for THE GLORIA RECORD, signaling the beginning of a crippling 3,5 year bout of writers block for chris. after pursuing various means to cure what ailed him, he finally began writing songs again in the summer of 2005. Since then, he has added bothsemi-permanent and cameo players to the ZOOKEEPER line-up, experimented with sounds and styles both old and new.
review by per koro ZOOKEEPER, the recent project of ex–MINERAL and GLORIA RECORD singer chris simpson, travels the path everyone expects. sure, this time it’s folk and no emo progrock like in GLORIA RECORD but still the ingredients remain the same. “trumpets” bears simple minor chords melodies caressing the cranking and whiny trademark vocals of simpson while “snow in berlin” emphasizes country influences and surprises with its swinging rhythm which however clashes the crybaby vocals. all in all both songs boils down to the same predictable pathetic tune. the single bears a saddened picture of an artist completely caged by the categories (i.e. “emo”) he once created.
review by yellow is the new pink
review by glow in the dark debüt der neuen band um legende und ex-MINERAL und ex-GLORIA RECORD mastermind chris simpson!!! enthält die zwei tracks "trumpets" und "snow in berlin"! er hat nix verlernt, auch wenn wieder ein gutes stück reduzierter und ruhiger als die vorherigen projekte. beeindruckend eindrínglich und einfach unverwechselbar.
review by flight 13 chris simpson cut his teeth in the early-mid '90s as singer, guitarplayer, songwriter for seminal band MINERAL. immediately following the break-up of that band, chris went on to form THE GLORIA RECORD, which recorded a couple of releases. despite that records title, it was the last successful endeavor for THE GLORIA RECORD, signaling the beginning of a crippling 3,5 year bout of writers block for chris. after pursuing various means to cure what ailed him, he finally began writing songs again in the summer of 2005. Since then, he has added bothsemi-permanent and cameo players to the ZOOKEEPER line-up, experimented with sounds and styles both old and new.
review by per koro ZOOKEEPER, the recent project of ex–MINERAL and GLORIA RECORD singer chris simpson, travels the path everyone expects. sure, this time it’s folk and no emo progrock like in GLORIA RECORD but still the ingredients remain the same. “trumpets” bears simple minor chords melodies caressing the cranking and whiny trademark vocals of simpson while “snow in berlin” emphasizes country influences and surprises with its swinging rhythm which however clashes the crybaby vocals. all in all both songs boils down to the same predictable pathetic tune. the single bears a saddened picture of an artist completely caged by the categories (i.e. “emo”) he once created.
review by yellow is the new pink