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MP3 Ricasso - Pollution
8 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Modern Rock, ROCK: 90''s Rock
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Ricasso (AKA Greg Hargarten) is not the kind of person to follow the status quo. He has spent most of his career on his own road achieving successes on his own terms. Ricasso chose his road over university hallways or a steady job. He would start a business rather than work for one. He runs a record company instead of chasing one. Ricasso has never done things the way you''d expect.
His debut album, ''Disgraceland'', received glowing reviews from the nation music press. Chart Magazine claimed "(the song) ''Sticks''n''Stones'' could dominate the airwaves", and that there was ''''not a weak song" on the album. Canadian Musician called it "a solid step in the direction of more national exposure".
In 1999, he agreed to produce and play on Eileen Laverty''s "Dancing with Angels'' album which won a Prairie Music Award for ''Outstanding Roots Album'' .
After a hiatus from recording his own material, Ricasso returns to deliver his strongest work to date, ''Pollution''. This diverse collection of guitar driven rock takes aim at our media-saturated society with the self-effacing irony and tongue-in-cheek attitude.
Its strength has not gone unnoticed. in February the song ''Bipolar'' won the ROCK102 National Songwriting Competition as part of Canada Music Week.
''Bipolar'', the lead off track of the ''Pollution'' disc, is representative of Ricasso''s songwriting abilities, but not necessarily his style. Rooted heavily in punk- pop, it shares sonic similarities with others in the collection, however "Pollution'' is a very diverse album.
The title track, for example, is a rant in the tradition of great rock music: a searing guitar riff, heavy drums and loops support the penetrating yet witty lyrics, (''Like a neon sign about conservation, I just contributed to all this make'').
''Dear Abbey Road'', 60''s inspired pop-rock sung over layered drum loops delivers us into the psychedelic ''Reach'' (which sounds as if recorded in the famous London studio during it''s heyday).
The album also has its fair share of straight ahead rock. The rambunctious O.P.D. (Officially Pronounced Dead) and ''Extra Me'' have enough quirkiness, energy and attitude to put Ricasso in the realm of The Vines.
With ''Pollution'' Ricasso ups the anté with stronger, more confident songs and a uniquely distinctive sound (thanks to award winning engineer Jared Kuemper). His own cover artwork cleverly ties the whole package together in one ironic look at society.
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