Open Heart Zoo

Open Heart Zoo Artist: Martin Grech
Label: Umvd Import
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 606949340926
EAN: 0606949340926
ASIN: B00006AAPW


Release Date: 2006-09-25

Open Heart Zoo


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Tracks:

  1. Here It Comes
  2. Open Heart Zoo
  3. Dali
  4. Tonight
  5. Push
  6. Only One Listening
  7. Notorious
  8. Penicillin
  9. Catch Up
  10. Twin
  11. Death of a Loved One/Ill [*][Demo Version]

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Album Details

At 19, Martin Grech Doesn't Immediately Seem Like Someone who Has Access to the Intense and Forward-looking Music of the Day. He Appears with his Guitar Slung Low and Fingers Flashing Double-jointed Over the Frets. His Astounding Rock Diva Vocals Ride the Deconstructed Metal Drama of his Live Incarnation, and It's Apparent that One of the Frontier Talents of the Next Guitar Band Generation Has Arrived. The Opening Trio of 'here it Comes', 'open Heart Zoo' and 'dali' Cover More Ground Than Many Bands Manage in a Lifetime, Moving from Dark Future Rock, Into Blasted, Cybernetic, Teethgrinder Metal. He Then Shifts Into a More Ethereal Mode, with the Lilting Cradlesong 'tonight', Golden-voiced Self-doubt of 'push' and Sweetly Chiming 'only One Listening'. Through all the Rest, Grech Transcends his Rock Influences. This Edition Includes an Exclusive Demo Version of "Ill".

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Not a manufactured sound.......2003-11-14

I have to disagree with one of the earlier reviewers who said that this album was clearly the product of hours and hours in the studio. Having seen the band live twice, I can tell you they sound just the same, except that Martin's voice is even more incredible live, if anything emphasisising his purity of sound and astonishing vocal range.

5 out of 5 stars mindblowing.......2003-04-14

martin grech will blow your minds, period. True, the radiohead influence may be too out there, but just give it a listen and you won't even care. Oh and the fact that he is 19 years old makes it just plain intimidating. If you dig Martin Grech you should definitely check out MUSE, highly recommended.

4 out of 5 stars What on earth?.......2002-12-07

It's relatively easy to figure out where Martin Grech is coming from; the Radiohead influence is as clear as day, and "Open Heart Zoo" sounds like one direction that oft-cited band could have taken after "OK Computer." Once you get used to Grech's voice, which in most registers isn't the prettiest of sounds, you might be able to appreciate the gymnastic, hell-bent way he uses it. This is also an album that was clearly the product of countless studio hours; every track has obviously been fussed over, multitracked and stitched together, with the end result in every case sounding more like a collage than a coherent song.

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