Michale Graves - Illusions Live Viretta Park
Michale Graves. Doesn’t ring a bell? Okay let’s give it another try. Misfits? Indeed he’s been the Misfits vocalist when they reunited in 1996 until 2000. After this he’s been doing a lot of things both in bands and solo and indeed Illusions Live Viretta Park is a live album by this guy.
For everyone who expects horror punk or any other form of punk; you can stop reading by now because this is a recording of the acoustic performance he did for the Illusion album. On the other hand if you’re not a narrow minded punk head you should keep reading. The album starts with ‘Blackbird’, ‘Fiend Club’ and ‘Almost Home’. The vocal capabilities of Graves are pretty impressive and I have to say that together with the acoustic guitar he does entertain me during these first couple of songs.
The problem that I have with this album occurs later on. I don’t know why but after a couple of songs I get bored a bit. I constantly get the feeling that it all sounds the same or that I’ve heard it all before. Add to this the lyrics that are most of the time not really as great as you would expect from a singer songwriter and you’ll have my conclusion. The extra addition of the demos of several songs can’t do anything about it either. This is probably nice for the fans, but that's about it.
55/1001Details Screaming Crow Records
Released on Monday Oct 20th, 2008
Acoustic rock / singer songwriter
Writer @Niamen on Saturday Aug 29th, 2009
Tags: #Michale Graves
Tracklisting
1. Blackbird
2. Fiend Club
3. Almost Home
4. Beware
5. Gorch
6. Butchershop
7. Ophelia
8. Shining
9. Lucifer I am
10. Wormwood
11. Casket
12. You Awful Me
13. One Million Light Years From Her
14. Frost Bite
15. Nothing
16. Scream
17. Crying On Saturday Night
~Romania Demos~
18. Blackbird
19. The Best of Me
20. A Generation Coming Down
21. Locked Away
22. The Eternal Haunting
23. Viretta Park
2. Fiend Club
3. Almost Home
4. Beware
5. Gorch
6. Butchershop
7. Ophelia
8. Shining
9. Lucifer I am
10. Wormwood
11. Casket
12. You Awful Me
13. One Million Light Years From Her
14. Frost Bite
15. Nothing
16. Scream
17. Crying On Saturday Night
~Romania Demos~
18. Blackbird
19. The Best of Me
20. A Generation Coming Down
21. Locked Away
22. The Eternal Haunting
23. Viretta Park
Line up
Michale Graves - vocals, guitar