Monday, March 21, 2011

Calm Paradox

Did you ever think you'd hear a sound reminiscent of Norah Jones with a punk bite? It's been a long time coming, but Calm Paradox mixes the two well. She has the ability to deliver lines dripping in cyanide with a soft-spoken quality...this is demonstrated in songs like "Boots" where she sweetly says, "I'd rather share a married man than have a cheating asshole who's all mine." and "By the way I called you're wife, you're right...she's a bitch."
If you listen there's definitely an edge to Calm Paradox that you can't quite put your finger on...While songs like "Retrograde" can seem pop at the surface, if you listen to the simple bass line and the acoustic guitar strums, you can see the influence Franz Ferdinand has.
Going back to The Strokes, the band that influenced Michelle Kennedy to become Calm Paradox, you can hear them most in the song "Barcelona".
In the song "Clear" you can hear her sing lines like "Love, let's be clear- I don't like you."
It's lyrics like this that make me put Calm Paradox into the softer side of the punk rock category, because punk (being one of my favorite genres) isn't just about the loud and limited guitar chords, obscene lyrics, loud and chaotic drums, and a maniacal lead singer...so much of punk is not being afraid to say how you feel, in your lyrics. Punk is the protests of the generation made accessible to the people in that generation and beyond. This is what Calm Paradox is doing.
Here's to a little rock in your lives,
Miranda

Members: Michelle Kennedy

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