Music pimp: Radio Iodine

[lyssie]

I've heard them compared to Annie Lennox (favorably), and one reviewer once said they were Annie Lennox meets Nine Inch Nails. I'd make them a little less... hardcore and say they're more Annie Lennox meets Gravity Kills, except no one knows who GK are, either. (seriously. Does anyone other than me remember they did more songs than 'Guilty'?)

The album is very Gothy. It's all OMG my life is horrible! music, much the same as a Nine Inch Nails or Gravity Kills or, y'know, Nickelback/Puddle of Mudd/System of a Down. Except, of course, the last three came more recently and are far more commercial. Or Evanescence. They're very much the same kind of mentality as Evanescence, except without the pseudo-God lyrics or the pianos.

And yes, this the entire Tiny Warnings album. I don't even know if there are copies still available for purchase anywhere.

Things I Do - http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31EA9VNXHXKTR26QH11FIT1YK8
This was the first thing I ever heard by them. It still holds up and makes me happy. "All the things I do/wrap around me like bracelets/cold, steel, bracelets"

Human Nature - http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=28ZFX3ONOECF50GV17SJ48CMRA
We're all the same, we all go down to Happy Land. "Compromising one shade at a time/no disguising an addiction to crime"

Understand - http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1ZC6YFEBXD9CD1VEBG2EVY9FOA
The... self-hate this song implies makes me giggly. Does that make me a bad person? But then, I think I can't help it when the chorus is: "and if you need an emotional whore/then I will be your emotional score/and when I spit you out at last/you'll understand" Seriously! Emotional whore. How many songs would dare say that?

Never Meant To - http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3SN85HCXOEG2O1OUHG7YTW8RHQ
This is the Chiana song. "I never meant to lie/never meant to harm/well once or twice"

All in My Head - http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1NX0248U1I8KF2Q2ZXVFIZDD2H
This is the Domino and Cable song, I've always thought. Basically, Domino giving it all for Nate, and him just... Blowing her off. "tell me what would you do if I just walked away/like this was how it was meant to go down"

Better Off - http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1KVCTC34O1Z2T03GS4U7IAOHGD
Fast-paced, and slightly bouncy. Despite the MY LIFE IS SO SAD lyrics. "This is all that I've got/this ringing in my head/this is all that I want/and I'd be better off dead"

Let Down - http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0ZNPAJHE6YE5X1VLJBH6KCEE26
I always abuse this song ironically. Or consider it ironic. She's really mocking her clingy friend. "You don't have to give me/the skin upon your back/mine's real nice/I'm never going back"

Tearing Me Down - http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2JU9BK2FW4BJF2AJEJBHIGLX32
Like a lot of their songs, it seems slow, but there's a great percussion kick at the chorus. Plus, well, I've got a soft spot for songs like this. "I was dreaming that I was someone/I was taller, smarter, prettier/I was hoping you could help me/but you consumed me"

For You - http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0Z58PKQJ21F6Z19H885CNRVS9K
The ultimate I would change myself for you, do anything you want song. Still pretty in its execution. "I could travel to New York City/dress in black and slump around the village/pierce my flesh with jewels or needles/turn my black thoughts white/or whatever"

Go Ahead - http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1A9GCOY1NZLI10E80TN7FEBJVS
Having one of the best "I hate you" lines EVER, this song starts slow and then kicks hard. "I'd like to snap your head off your shoulders/pinch your brain 'till it smolders/etch my pain deep into your skin"

I Am - http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=108484O596L2A0QGB885Z3Z2YY
Kinda like one of those commercials for the Army, in a way. "I am the soldier's sweat/I am the high you hope to get/I am the driving force/I am the need for more and more"

Manic Girl - http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0971PYO0SW2Q22MZK9DGWS2WF8
I'm not actually all that fond of this song. Heard it once too often, or something. "This is my manic pace/this is what I act like when/I don't know what I'm doing"

Comments

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

Shiny! I remember quite liking Gravity Kills, although you're correct, I can't remember any major stuff they did other than "Guilty"... : )

*snags links*

[ilanala]

I do know Gravity Kills, but I suspect the fact that I only know them from one song that was in Mortal Kombat sort of invalidates that. It's a good song, though. (And I don't know much more about Nine Inch Nails than that...)

Anyway, I'm snagging a few of these, as your description intrigues me. Thanks for sharing.

[jr-moon.livejournal.com]

don't know them but I am also intruigued by your description and therefore snagging some. thank you!

[skellingtonjon.livejournal.com]

Gravity Kills- I owned two of their singles ("Guilty" and another one whose name escapes me) and the aforementioned Mortal Kombat soundtrack. Always thought they were good, but a little... light for my tastes these days.

May check the bands you recommended, though...

[million-moments.livejournal.com]

*steals them all*

[mitai.livejournal.com]

::loves Gravity Kills!::

Right now on my playlist I have Blame, Down, Enough (my favorite), Goodbye (both the Gravity Kills album version and the MK version), Here, Never, and I think Last. And maybe Hold.

Oh, and the Jonas icon above me? ::pets Jonas:: I don't know when he got sexy and cuddlable, and I blame Lyssie, Nique, and A.j. for that.

[skellingtonjon.livejournal.com]

Having now listened to the tracks... I like. They remind me a little of Sunshine Blind, if you've heard of them?

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

They are light, at times. (although Superstar was a bit harder). Glad you liked the tracks, and no, I haven't heard of Sunshine Band. Sadly. sigh. hrm.

[skellingtonjon.livejournal.com]

If you can find the White Wolf album "Music From The Succubus Club" they're on that.