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The Torn Images - Reviver

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The Torn Images is the brainchild of Briand Arabaca, who wrote and sang all the songs on Reviver. Based in Fountain Valley, a small Orange County city, the act claims to be influenced by such pop-rock acts as Blur and Coldplay. But its other influences (Nirvana, Pixies) show up much more on this hard rocking release.

It's Arabaca's voice, which would have served him well back in the grunge heyday, that gives this music a sound closer to Seattle, Washington than to anything across the pond. "Nearly Lost You," for instance, features Arabaca singing in a tortured, pleading voice that immediately brings Kurt Cobain to mind. If you listen closely to "Blind Fascination," you can even pick up a little Axl Rose in his tone.

The group reveals its prettier side with "Life On a Standstill," which is built around a gentle strummed and echoed electric guitar part.

Reviver is a good album, that would have been even better if Arabaca didn't sound so much like he's grinding it out. It's as though he's trying just a little too hard, instead of simply letting the music come to him and through him.

The Torn Images - Reviver
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