Mineral's EndSerenading is, I would argue, the defining, most important album of original, genuine emo. The lyrics are heartfelt and written well. Jul 07, 2013 MINERAL EndSerenading 1998 Some 90's emo, back when emo was good. Love Letter Typewriter. Labels: Mineral. 1 comment: IHateThe90s said.

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Review Summary: EndSerenading can be summed up with four words, 'crushing power' and 'explosive emotion'. EndSerenading is Mineral's second album. And it is a whole lot different than their debut The Power of Failing. At the same time though, it shares a lot with the debut. Umgangsformen Heirat Ehe Pdf Files here. The soundscape has evolved, the mellower parts are more mellow, and the loud parts are louder and there aren't as much D-A-Hm-G chord progressions. But the music still moves in that special Mineral way, and Christopher Simpson still sings interesting stories about everything and nothing.

The songs are all Mineral, but they're not The Power of Failing. American Serial Killer Statistics In America. First of all - I've noticed many people calling Mineral Sunny Day Real Estate ripoffs, and I don't get it. In SDRE's case, it's apparent that they owe a great deal to what the media in the early '90s described as 'grunge', because SDRE use their guitars to create interesting chord progression with powerful riffs. Mineral's guitarists on the other hand rely on twinkling and more sensitive playing. Especially here on EndSerenading.

People also say that Chris Simpson sound too much like Jeremy Enigk, something that I could never even begin to fathom. Though Enigk has the same fondness of harmonic vocal lines as Simpson, Enigk strikes me as more reserved. Yes he shouts - almost like Kurt Cobain - at times, but there's usually a fair amount of minutes between every shout. Simpson on the other hand gives everything he has at all times, and doesn't seem to care at all if he's missing the note by a thousand miles. Simpson sings with all the emotion of the world, all at once. And it's touching. What separates Mineral from many a band (including SDRE) musically is how EndSerenading's songs all progress, like the songs from The Power of Failing also did.

Though they don't stray all too much from typical song structure, there is no apparent verse/chorus/verse structure to it. All the songs progress and have some sort of gigantic climax. But despite following this formula fairly strict, the songs are so vastly different that it in no way gets predictable or repetitive. You never really know when a climax is coming.

The climaxes do not rely sorely on quite/loud dynamics either. There are also breaks, guitar solos, change of pace and other things. But no matter how these climaxes choose to manifest themselves, the key to them is how they are delivered - with sensational power and intensity. The lyrics all fit the driving nature of the melodies. Simpson is no raconteur, nor is he a preacher. Instead he presents snippets of a life in his lyrics. The lyrics often focus greatly on a single event or two, or maybe three.