Tonight’s our show. Holy crap. Here’s some reviews of the album.
From the Columbus Dispatch:
The Columbus music Web site www.donewaiting.com will expand its empire by releasing its first album of original music, a joint effort by Columbus bands Tiara and Miranda Sound.
The site is an indie-music fan?s mother lode, with news, rants, music downloads, message-board chatter and scene reports from contributors around the globe.
The highlight of Donewaiting.com Vol. 1, Tiara vs. Miranda Sound (500 copies on vinyl, which comes with a CD as well) comes from Tiara, which has hit an engaging stride of late. The group?s bouncy, indie
stomp recalls an updated Zombies or a noisier Morrissey.
From The Other Paper:
Donewaiting.com webmaster Robert Duffy has been accused of playing
favorites. He didn?t exactly squash those rumors when he decided to make the website’s first CD release a split between Tiara and MS.But if you’re going to play favorites, you could do a lot worse.
Miranda Sound plays its usual quirky indie rock. The best of its four songs is “Lines Were Drawn,” which features varying dynamics, simple guitar lines and plenty of harmonized vocals.
While the verses of “My Surname’s an Airplane” are built around a piano line, the guitars come in for the choruses. The song really gets going after the breakdown. That’s when a lead guitar line slowly builds tension before releasing it for the big finish.
Tiara goes for more of a repetitive, drone-y feel. “Someone is Listening” might rip off the chord changes from John Lennon’s “Merry Christmas (War is Over)”, but it more than makes up for it with its simplistic
beauty.The Elliott Smith penned (but never released) “Flowers for Charlie” is a sad ending because of Smith’s 2003death. But it’s a nice touch because the singer-songwriter obviously influenced both bands’.
The album’s eight songs do take a while to grow on you. But once you find yourself singing the chorus s in the shower – and you will – you’ll realize thepower of a good song.
Robert Duffy sure does.
And finally, from Columbus Alive:
This weekend Donewaiting.com turns two years old, which must, like dogs and cats, equate to something greater in human years, given the rate at which websites come and go in the digital age.
The locally based website was started by Robert Duffy when he moved to Columbus and has fast replaced older sites like Columbusmusic.com and Cringe.com as the place music geeks go to battle wits on message boards. While a good deal of the site is devoted to local coverage, there are sections focusing on and run by contributing writers from places as far away as London and Los Angeles.
To mark the site?s birthday, Duffy is releasing a record of split-sides from Miranda Sound and Tiara, each of whom contribute four songs. Five hundred copies are being pressed, 100 of which will be on white vinyl, with screen-printed covers featuring artwork by Clint Reno, known for designing the Donewaiting logo and concert posters. CDs will be included for those reliant on the inferior format.
As usual, more information on the album can be found here.