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Wake Up Lucid
Gone With The Night
Ryan Baca – Guitars
Ian Baca – Bass
Jamie Baca – Drums
This next band
calls California
home. Cousins Ryan, Ian, and Jamie set up home base at Silverlake Lounge
on Sunset Boulevard. Their fourth release Gone
With The Night features 6 tracks and gets going with “White Collar Love.”
It is a simple track that doesn’t sound half bad. It’s pretty smooth with
decent vocals and a nice vibe. Those vocals lay out the lyrics so that you can
pick them up and run with them. They have a unique sound to them. The tunes are
fairly reserved as well, but still give it a nice effort. They have a few
shining moments. It has a Warped Tour vibe to it. “Let It Roll” is a very slow
moving track. The vocals sound like they have been recorded in a closet while
the music rolls along beside them. The track is nearly five minutes and I
honestly think that they could have cut out some of it. The ending is very long
and it’s more like an extended outro. The track as a whole doesn’t work that
well for me. It has some moments, but the bulk is just whatever. It’s something
to play in the background. “Don’t Fear” is another slow moving track with a
hint of a blues feel to it. I really like the vocals in this one more than the
other two tracks before it. They are smoother and play along with the tunes a
little bit more. Speaking of the music, it has an odd arrangement to it. There
are spots where it pauses and there is just silence. It’s a bit weird sounding
in those places. It’s not a bad track, but it certainly a strange ranger. I
think it will take a few listens to determine if it’s something you come back
to or not. “I Want” turns up the pace and the intensity a little bit. The
guitars rip through the intro on their way to some raw vocals. They don’t sound
top notch, but they aren’t that bad either. There is a punkish feel to them and
some people will appreciate them more than others. The track does sound like it
was recorded in a wind tunnel and the transitions are the best, but it holds
the most energy thus far. I think it takes some time to get used to. “Get
Fucked” is a long track that clocks in a little above the 9 minute mark. It’s a
slow moving track that I really don’t think holds much value. The track seems
unorganized and there are large gaps in it. The vocals jump here, there, and
everywhere, but that’s if they are even doing anything. I feel like this is
most an instrumental with a select few lines here and there to change it up
some. It’s entirely too long for an album on how it is arranged. It might be
fine live, giving a break to someone, but on an album it doesn’t work. “Gone
With The Night” wraps up the EP with another long track, but this one only
lasts near the 6 minute mark. The vocals are a bit whiney in this one and are
really hard to get into. The music also doesn’t do it for me. It doesn’t excite
me and it does leave me wanting more. There are spots where you think it might
take off, but it really never does. Overall this EP doesn’t excite you. There
is one track, maybe two that you can hang our hat on, but the others just don’t
get it done. The vocals are strange, which I can handle strange and they can
work, but this time they don’t work well. The music is way too laid back. There
are times this is good, but they over do it. There needs to be some excitement
and sadly this EP doesn’t have much of that in the way of lyrics or tunes. I
just can see what they were going for with this release. They might sound
different live, they might be the greatest band ever live, but it didn’t
translate in the form of at least this release.
Rating: out of 10
Tracks to Watch:
Track List:
- White
Collar Love
- Let
It Roll
- Don’t
Fear
- I
Want
- Get
Fucked
- Gone
With The Night
Website (s): www.wakeuplucid.com
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