Boston-based band Herra Terra easily stand out from the rest of the acts on The Mylene Sheath label. They are a fairly new band to the roster and create dark, new-wave style pop music that is somewhere along the lines of Le Tigre, Depeche Mode, Head Automatica, and Duran Duran. For such young lads, Herra Terra sure know how to write mature music. Their sounds are a gift to a music industry that has gotten stale and bombarded with copycats. Most electro-pop bands have very weak vocals that go along with the music, but Herra Terra's vocalist has a very deep, mature sounding voice that makes this genre of music sound stronger than ever. This album may sound very familiar to fans of 1980's electro-pop, but it is in no way a rip-off.The album opens with 'Ejection Seats', which is the perfect way to start off an album. The song starts off with a riff that sounds promising, grinding bass lines, and synth-heavy structuring. Tonelli's vocals come into the mix and immediately pull the listener in. This album has some of the most powerful vocals that I have heard from any new band coming into the industry. Songs like 'No Tricks' and 'Lost in Labyrinth' are very dance-oriented, where as songs like 'Make a Scar' and 'Organs for the Afterlife' are more alternative, rock sounding pieces. 'Nothing is Yours to Keep' is a very blissed-out, ambient track, which leads into 'White Cells Rush', a shoegaze track that sounds like it took a lot of influence from Depeche Mode.
All in all, 'Quiet Geist' is an album that many will enjoy. It is an album for music fans in general. Herra Terra are not a big band, and that is surprising, because the music that comes from these four human beings is of top-notch quality. As much as I would like for Herra Terra to stay independent and continue doing the D-I-Y thing, I could see them getting big in no time. This is in no way a bad thing. The airwaves really need some good music and I think Herra Terra have just the trick.
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