Un'onesta rockband a stelle e strisce con un discreto talento musicale e la determinazione di chi è agli esordi e vuole imporre la propria musica.
Che poi i Greenwheel non siano riusciti a piazzare il loro disco, Soma Holiday, sul mercato europeo è cosa di poca importanza se si tiene conto che, appena debuttanti, furono inseriti nella soundtrack del primo episodio di Spiderman accanto a nomi come Aerosmith, Pete Yorn e The Strokes.
L'album è trascinato in buona parte dal talento di Ryan Jordan, dalla sua voce potente e graffiante in pieno stile grunge. Infatti il sound dei 4 musicisti del Missouri non è niente di rivoluzionario e si lascia influenzare dalle mode del momento: un pò newmetal, o post-grunge, con una strizzata d'occhio ai cambi di tempo del moderno rock progressive.
Il disco alza il sipario con "Shelter", la traccia inserita nella colonna sonora di "Spiderman". Ottima opentrack energica, ritmo incalzante e chitarra distorta quanto basta per mettervi in crisi se siete in macchina e dovete rispettare il limite di velocità.
Il clima "adrenalitico" si mantiente ancora per "Sustain You" ma scende di tono già alla terza traccia. I Greenwheel infatti peccano molto sulle ballate e "Breathe" ne è la prova: la melodia è già sentita ed è rubata agli ultimi Goo Goo Dolls.
A risollevare le sorti del disco fortunatamente ci pensa la grinta di "Louder Than Words" mentre "Strong" sembra essere cantata da Kurt Cobain in persona. Sentire per credere.
"Drowing Man", "Faces" e "Identity" sono buoni pezzi se ascoltati singolarmente ma in sequenza risultano troppo simili e anonimi.
A questo punto l'album è compromesso e l'ascolto si fa sempre più pesante e annoiato: "Disappear" sembra fare il verso ai Creed e "Dim Halo" nonostante i potenti riff di chitarra non si distacca dalla formula lento - veloce - lento che abbiamo ascoltato fino ad ora.
L'album chiude con "Radiance" e "The End", due brani decisamente meno rock degli altri ma più calibrati nelle melodie e negli arrangiamenti.
In fin dei conti è un album gradevole per chi ama il rock senza troppe pretese e per chi vuole sentire Smells Like Teen Spirit condita in diverse salse.
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01 Shelter (03:37)
consumed by this greedy disposition
i give no thanks for all that's been given to me
see i'm so concerned with selfish ambition
i see what i want and look past what i need
it's time to forget myself
it's time to forget myself
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here
impatience takes it's toll
it's such a hefty fare for me to pay
indifference takes control
i guess i'll keep that outside at bay
i don't care if i'll ever change
no i don't care if i'll ever change
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here
somewhere here, somewhere here...
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here (x2)
i don't care if i ever change
no i dont care if i ever change
02 Sustain You (03:32)
So far away not knowing how to handle the distance between
Avoiding situations that will show that this is not the same
(chorus)
Try to see through my window
I can't but I will
Sustain you as long as I can bear the thought of humbly keeping
Silence is my answer
I will remain here quietly seething
As the crowd moves in roaring to carry me away
I've always kept this push from shoving the edge closer now
It's true enough
I have nothing left to say
(chorus)
I will sustain you
I can't but i will
Oh I can't but i will
(Chorus)
Away.away
I will sustain you
I will sustain you
I will remain here quietly seething
As the crowd moves in roaring to carry me away
03 Breathe (03:18)
I played the fool today
And I can see us vanishing into the crowd
Longing for home again
But home is a feeling I've buried in you
I'm all right
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
I can't ask for things to be still again
I can't ask for you to offer the world through your eyes
Longing for home again
But home is a feeling I've buried in you
I'm all right
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
I'm all right
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
My window through which nothing hides and everything sings
I'm counting the signs and cursing the miles in between home.....
But home is a feeling I've buried in you
that I've burried in you
I'm all right
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
I'm all right
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
when I breathe
It only hurts when I breathe
when I breathe
It only hurts when I breathe
09 Disappear (04:06)
You don't see
You never have, you never will
What do you believe
These images are unforgiving
Jealousy always running through your veins
You cannot breathe
Here's your witness everything's not right
No everything's not right
(Chorus)
Where did you go
You forgot about all you've left behind
It's all on the table
Still you wonder why,yea you wonder why
You can't hurt any more
Your emotions just can't be seen in light
You're lost in here,lost in here
You just disappear
You just disappear
You deny the pain that overcomes deep inside
You've kept it there too long
Grayest skies, answers bleeding through
Sunlight, cast its shadows over all
(Chorus)
No everything's not right
No everything's not right
(Chorus)
No everything's not right
No everything's not right
(You're just lost in herex3)
You just disappear
10 Dim Halo (04:10)
Imagine no daylight
only the moon as your guide
When ours is to darkness
what forgotten sun is too bright
Eyes wide open now
taking it all in stride
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo
And to all my regret I fair thee well
You came around to slowly as I fell
My screams can only echo off the walls
I see nothing left to break my fall
Break my fall
To bear the slings and arrows,
my chances narrow
Just roll with the punches now,
bruises can heal
Soften the blow
cause I don't want to feel anymore
Just cancel out this fear
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo
And to all my regret I fair thee well
You came around to slowly as I fell
My screams can only echo off the walls
I see nothing left to break my fall
Break my fall
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo
And to all my regret I fair you well
You came around to slowly as I fell
My screams can only echo off the walls
I see nothing left
And to all my regret I fair thee well
You came around to slowly as I fell
My screams can only echo, off echo off the wall
my screams can only echo, off echo off the wall
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