Hello Audities,

Just a quick message to (re)introduce myself. My name if Jeff 
Brenneman and I'm a member of the bands 17 Pygmies & Smoldering Ashes 
(see info below about Smoldering Ashes).

I'm looking forward to gleening insight from y'all. DO Y'ALL STILL DO 
YEAR END LISTS? I love those!

-Jeff




Our Myspace Page:
http://www.myspace.com/smolderingashesbandsite


Some YouTube Videos:

Shenfinity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt-LRs0B6Mk

A Comedy of Arrows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzwzyP1svo4



Our First Review of our CD:
http://lunarhypnosis.com/

Smoldering Ashes - Nervous Constellations 
Trakwerx Records - 2008 
1. Barker 
2. A Comedy of Arrows 
3. Shenfinity 
4. Sea-Blue 
5. 1000 Birds Scatter 
6. Believe it, Brother 
7. Duct Tape + Superhero Love 
8. The City Electric 
9. Temporary Archives 
10. Kite 

`Nervous Constellations' is the debut album of Smoldering Ashes, 
which includes members of label mates 17 Pygmies and former members 
of judyjudyjudy. 

Smoldering Ashes can't really be defined by one genre. This album 
mashes together (and I use that in a good way) moments of folk music, 
indie rock, softer melodic pop, dark ambiance and noise. The voice of 
Veronica Ashe is fantastic, calming without sounding like she's 
trying too hard, and melodic enough to smooth the highly varied 
sounds that play themselves out behind it. Now, the hard part: How to 
describe those sounds? Quirky space folk pop? Experimental indie 
atmospheric rock? Perhaps the best description is in the band's bio 
page: `a kitchen sink concoction of melodic cacophony.' Whatever you 
want to call it, the music is fantastic. No song sounds the same 
(with the exception of the album opener and closer, in which this is 
done intentionally). `A Comedy of Arrows' is calming, melodic 
pop. `Sea-Blue' has a waltzing, meandering feel to it. `Believe it, 
Brother' is a fast paced, head-bobbing indie rock song. `The City 
Electric' is a hodge-podge of noises and interesting melodies. 

These differences are the beauty of this album. Every song is unique; 
its own story inside the book. This is the kind of album I wish would 
just go on forever, each song unique yet following similar lines, and 
while the 32 minutes of this album are fantastic, hopefully this is 
just a taste of things to come from this band. Recommended for fans 
of great music from all different styles. 

November 1, 2008
By Ormr
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