Tera Melos - IDIOMS Vol. 1 (2009)
Tera Melos just had to go and pick pretty familiar names like The Pixies, The Beach Boys, Weezer and The Clash... but pick some pretty different tunes then you would expect (which makes looking at the song titles without knowing the original band behind it very much a pain in the ass every time I go back to this album... But I just got to stop forgetting...) as The Pixies cover is not Where is My Mind; it's Tame. The Clash song is not The Guns of Brixton; it's Koka Kola. The Beach Boys song is not Wouldn't It Be Nice; it's Meant For You... Though I'll be mentioning these guys again as they make a cameo on another song. And the Weezer song is not one on Pinkerton or The Blue Album but from Songs From The Black Hole; Blast Off! And that's technically by Rivers Cuomo, the guy who looks like Buddy Holly from Weezer.
Oh yeah! I forgot to mention that, like We Versus The Shark last week, not only did Tera Melos also pick pretty good songs to cover, Tera Melos are also a math rock band but don't try to destroy a simple 49 second Beach Boys' song by throwing in thousands of technical guitar and drum patterns or key signatures (not that that would have time to sense most of these songs are a no longer than 2:10, at least). What they do do is prove that they can play other styles of music in Tera Melos fashion. Also, before this release, I don't think we really heard TM sing this prominently before. Too bad that was the reason I couldn't get in to their 2010 release, Patagonian Rats.
The thing that really makes this album stand out for me has to be the Polaris Cover. That's right! Polaris. That band from the 90's that did all the music for The Adventures of Pete & Pete! And this time I'm not going to say, "did you think they picked Waiting For October? too bad! They picked Ivy Boy". No no... They picked the theme, that for most of us, is the only thing we can remember from Pete & Pete. Hey Sandy is the name of the theme and a killer nostalgic song all on its own. Tera Melos takes this summery chill out jam from the hip ass childhood you never had and jacked it up by twenty beats almost and turning it into a frantic summer jog on the beach with your man tits flying everywhere! And I love it! Plus, just to tease you, they throw in the chorus to The Beach Boys "God Only Knows" because after you listen to this version, God will be the only one who knows that it's not part of the original because it fits so well.
They did a hell of a good recreating the intro as well!
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