A new direction
author: Jeff Kupko
At first listen, it's easy to hear how Veshecco has matured as a musician and lyricist. From the tormented "Let's Move in Together" to the operatic "(In the Lair of the) Big Effing Spiders, Alleys keeps the listener enthralled in the dark world of a broken heart. There aren't many albums that can pit lyrics against rhythm and complete an equation of perfection. Completely recommend!
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What is love? Baby don't hurt me.
author: MIGUELITO
Too complex for my childish mind; kudos on a work of sincerity and extreme dedication! Both Black and White Debbie would be proud.
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A 21st century rock opera classic - you heard it here first!
author: Shanti Rasa
In 1968, a white album foreshadowed the dissolution of a legendary band, the disillusion of baby boomers, and disturbed the delicate dance between sanity and insanity in Charles Manson's scary mind. Now comes this white album about dark matters, this 21st century rock opera that makes the Who's Tommy and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody sound - well - quaint. Thank God Charles Manson is locked up for life so he can't hear Alleys! It IS dark ... and yet, what it mostly does, if you are willing to go there with it, is break your heart, sear your soul and somehow, at the same time, make you laugh. My question is: when is the music world at large going to discover this musical genius quietly topping himself with every new release - and what in the universe will he come up with next?
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