[Music Review] Everybody Loves Irene - On Second Thought, I Might Wanna Change Some Things (2008)

Everybody loves irene
Genre : Trip Hop
Based in : Jakarta, Indonesia
Label : Distributed by demajors 
Year : 2008
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Dalam penulisan judul rilisan, everybody loves irene (eli) selalu menuliskan satu kalimat, dan itu keren! On Second Thought, I Might Wanna Change Some Things, 2nd album yang diliris pada tanggal 8 bulan 8 tahun 2008, menjadi soundtrack saya dalam mengenang perjalanan tragis menawan saya di Bali akhir Agustus kemarin… Setelah track 10, saya akan menekan tombol play lagi seperti novel Roald Dahl yang saya nikmati berulang-ulang. Pesan yang saya dapat adalah, setragis apapun hidupmu selalu akan ada harapan dan kasih karunia Tuhan lebih besar daripada penderitaanmu!

Why I love eli and their 2nd album? Pertama, saya pengagum local female vocalist yang berkarakter seperti, Tika, Dita Santamonica, Arina Mocca, Risa Homogenic, dan Irene Yohanna pastinya! Kedua, J. Vanco menjadi music producer/engineer untuk album kedua mereka. Ketiga, saya menyukai karya fotografi Oxalis di cover album ini. Keempat, saya mendapatkan album ini tepat saat saya dalam masa pemulihan atas trauma yang saya alami baru-baru ini dan saya menyukai seluruh lagunya! Berikut ini sedikit pemaknaan dan potongan lirik dari 10 track-nya!

Track 1, No One Here’s Alone, eli membawa saya menjauh dari kekelaman malam jiwa, suatu situasi yang mempertanyakan keberadaan Tuhan. We all live and will die so don’t you cry! Track 2, Rindu merupakan single dan daur ulang lagu milik Planet Bumi (saya belum mendengar versi aslinya), satu-satunya track berbahasa Indonesia dan instrumen violin di track ini menambah kekelaman jiwa saya! Track 3, Magical Box, a circle of life yang juga saya alami. Now, I’m 24, and my soul was sold! Track 4, Blood in a Rush, a song full of love and lust, and let’s make out hahaha. Track 5, The Big Bang Prophecy, duet Yudhi dan Irene, suatu anthem bagi kaum marginal yang muak dengan capitalism, facism, and racism! Let’s build a new world of utopia! The Big Bang Prophecy juga diadaptasi menjadi cerpen (salah satu cara promosi mereka).

Track 6, Architect, saya suka lagu ini tapi saya tidak bisa mendeskripsikan. You don’t know me and what I do! saya perlu mengambil kuliah antropologi arsitektur sepertinya! Track 7, Solitude Dialogue, saya suka bagian chorus dengan choir nya, I say hey be in love be alive and when there’s no hope tears won’t help to survive! Track 8, Love Is So Strange, eli menambahkan instrument perkusi dan membuat saya kembali berada di tepi pantai pasir putih pada malam hari yang penuh bintang dan suara ombak jelas terdengar! No one explain, coz love is so strange! Track 9, Ecstasy, lagu untuk kelas pekerja, nine to five, what a life to survive, but I don’t need weed and ecstasy! Track 10, Pit, meskipun ini track terakhir, but not a happy ending song, karena hidup adalah menikmati penderitaan. Its gloomy everywhere, I only sit and stare!

Saya akan merekomendasikan eli sebagai pengisi soundtrack kepada Quentin Tarantino untuk film-filmnya. Saya juga akan merekomendasikan eli kepada teman-teman saya yang mencintai Portishead and Cocteau Twins! Terberkatilah Irene (vox), Yudhi (electric/acoustic guitar/vox), Dimas (bass), Aul (synth/hammonds/rhodes), dan Adi (drums).
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In the title of their releases, everybody loves Irene (eli) always write down a sentence, and that’s cool! On Second Thought, I Might Wanna Change Some Things, their 2nd album, released at 8 August 2008 (08-08-08) had been my soundtrack in memorizing my tragically wonderful journey at Bali, in the end of last August. After track 10, I’ll switch on play button again, just like Roald Dahl’s novel that I read repeatedly. The message that I got is, even you have the most tragic life, there’s always a hope and love from God, that bigger then your sorrow!

Why I love eli and their 2nd album? First, I am the fans of local female vocalist that have such character like TIka, Dita Santamonica, Arina Mocca, Risa Homogenic, and absolutely Irene Yohanna! Second, J. Vanco is the music producer/engineer in this album. Third, I love Oxalis’s photography in the cover art. Fourth, I got this album in my recovery time for the traumatic after a tragic moment just yet, and I love all the songs in the album! Below are some my descriptions and part of lyric of the whole ten songs of the album, by me.

Track 1, No One Here’s Alone, eli fly me away from the darkness night of my soul, a situation that questioning the existence of God. We all live and will die so don’t you cry! Track 2, Rindu is a recycle from Planet Bumi’s original song. I haven’t heard the original song yet. The only Indonesian language song in the album, and the violin sound, made my soul darkened. Track 3, Magical Box, a circle of life that happen to me too. Now, I’m 24, and my soul was sold! Track 4, Blood in a Rush, a song full of love and lust, and let’s make out hahaha. Track 5, The Big Bang Prophecy, duet by Yudhi and Irene, anthem for marginal peoples, that’s sick with capitalism, facism and racism! Let’s build a new world of utopia! They made a short-story from The Big Bang Prophecy, also been used as their promo-kit though.

Track 6, Architect, I love this song, but I couldn’t describe it. You don’t know me and what I do! I think I need to take a course about anthropology architecture. Track 7, Solitude Dialogue, I love the chorus with the choir in it, I say hey be in love be alive and when there’s no hope tears won’t help to survive! Track 8, Love Is So Strange, eli added percussion as the instrument, and made me fly again on the white sand beside the beach in the night, full of stars, and the wave sound so clear. No one explain, coz love is so strange! Track 9, Ecstasy, a song for working class, nine to five, what a life to survive, but I don’t need weed and ecstasy! Track 10, Pit, the last song, but it’s not a happy ending song, because, life is to enjoy your sorrow. Its gloomy everywhere, I only sit and stare!

I would recommend eli as a music for soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino movies. I will also recommend eli to my friends that love Portishead and Cocteau Twins! God bless Irene (vox), Yudhi (electric/acoustic guitar/vox), Dimas (bass), Aul (synth/hammonds/rhodes), and Adi (drums).

Tracklist

01. No One Here's Alone
02. Rindu   |   MP3 Download (from Deathrockstar.info )
03. Magical Box
04. Blood In A Rush
05. The Big Bang Prophecy
06. Architect
07. Solitude Dialogue
08. Love Is So Strange
09. Ecstacy
10. Pit

*Review by: Tinta the Gig Travelers, thank you Tinta!
*Translate by: Jay