through the window
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forgotten toys is a modern/contemporary rock band from the Chicagoland area. The band began a few years ago, and like so many bands, has undergone a few lineup changes as it has matured. FT began, through their own independent record label new day productions, by quickly releasing a 3-song Christmas CD (for 'Toys for Tots'o, followed by this full 12-track CD entitled 'through the window' in 1999 - which brings them to their current work of selecting from dozens of fresh new tracks for their third CD. Two of the three members from the last CD (Dae & Donn have spent the early half of 2001 writing, recording, and testing brand new material in a live acoustic setting. Feeling ready and eager, the duo has now selected a new rhythm backbone for the band in order to take 'forgotten toys' to the next level. The band has already secured a handful of supporting live show dates, as the new team looks forward to its next full-length release.
The record is a driving rock album, creatively ble
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solid, straightforward rock-n-roll. could be the next big sound.
author: Paul Sacksman Of the Musician's Atlas
Got a different sound... not doing the 'bandwagon' thing, simply following the current trends. sounds like solid, straightforward rock-n-roll. could be the next big sound in chicago power-pop... even has a beautiful piano ballad, that you don't hear too often in today's rock.
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Big, fun, cutting-edge, solid songwriting, passion, unmitigated conviction, with
author: Craig Schmidt
Initially, it’s rather hard to know what to make of "Through the Window." As a piece of music, it’s a lot of things modern records generally are not.
For one thing, it’s big; if nothing else, the bigness of this music can not be disputed. Big as in the first days of arena rock. This is flagrant, fun and hi-fi. The choruses - anchored though they are by plangent basslines and supple guitars - soar in a way that suggests these songs are truly formidable in a live setting.
Though clearly a product of cutting-edge digital production techniques, the uniformly solid songwriting hints at influences as retro and varied as Boston (the wide-eyed ballad "Snow White") and Nirvana (the snarly punk-esque "New Moon").
Another thing about this record is that it is extraordinarily economic. The production is so taut you could bounce a quarter off of it and the instrumentation, for all its virtuosity, is so scrupulous it might be accused of being antiseptic. But the overall passion evident on
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author: MIKE CONSALVO
THROUGH THE WINDOW HAS A UNIQUE SOUND THAT IS CATCHY AND MAKES FOR A VERY GOOD LISTEN. THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM, A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. IT IS ALSO MIXED VERY WELL AND EVERY INSTRUMENT IS HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR. MUSIC IS NOT GOING IN ANY REAL DIRCETION, IT HAS BECOME STAGNANT AND OVERPLAYED. FORGOTTEN TOYS HAS ADDED SOME MUCH NEEDED LIFE INTO THE MUSIC SCENE. THEY TRUELY HAVE A SOUND FOR THE FUTURE. THEIR ALBUM SOUNDS LIKE WHERE MUSIC IS HEADED. IT IS FRESH AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPICES IN THIS STEW. I KNOW OTHERS WILL ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS I DID.
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