#18 Coma Cinema - Blue SuicideGenre: Singer/Songwriter, Lo-Fi, Sadcore
Characteristics: Quiet, Woeful
Guys, here's Coma Cinema. The name and album title are ridiculously appropriate for the state of mind this record will put you in. The dog is a nice touch too. Not that the record will make you want to kill yourself, but you'll better understand why some people consider it. Musically, it's your average, quiet, self-produced singer/songwriter album. It's fairly simple in it's composition and delivery. If you put it on the overhead speakers at your local coffee house, all the little hipsters would subconsciously tap their feet, continue drinking coffee and smoking their Parliaments without giving it any more thought. ...But the lyrics, Damn! What a broken soul! The worst part is, the feelings portrayed feel genuine. He's obviously lost some great love, but he's losing his soul over it too. Take the song Hell, a cute little one minute song on the surface but within are lyrics like
"You are a mirror image of a god you'll never know, who created hell to show you how to be alone."
Or from Greater Vultures, (My favorite track)
"Rape my broken will, Are you hungry enough to kill...Are you willing to eat what the vultures will not."
It's enough to put a lump in your throat to hear a man on that level of heartbreak and derangement . To anyone willing to listen to this and take it all in: it's rough. It's still enjoyable on the surface if you're into what I call "Sad Bastard" music. You know, Ryan Adams, Elliot Smith, Smog, that sort of stuff (I hear a lot of Simon & Garfunkel in there too). But Coma Cinema takes the genre to a whole new level of low. Great Stuff!!! Rightfully deserves to make this list. Another free masterpiece! Available for free on his website. http://comacinema.org/sounds.html
Favorite Tracks: Greater Vultures, Hell,Wondering, Gentlewoman
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