Hello fellow acquaintances of our vast and infinitely plethoric database of words, images, music and moving pictures we all know as the Internet. It’s been four long months since my last update for I was on a journey. A rather creative journey, mind you, of brainstorming and handpicking of the right combination of words and phrases to accompany my stories and screenplays. Fear not, for yours truly is back (with a new look to the site) with something and someone that he finds very inspiring in his life. If you haven’t already guessed from the large, bold font that screams the title of this article, that very person is Serj Tankian. So if you’re reading this article and got this far down, I congratulate and thank you. Now, without further boring my audience or lulling them to a deep sleep I want to dive right on in.
Having had the pleasure of listening to Serj Tankian’s second solo album, Imperfect Harmonies, streaming online several days in advance, something came over me. It was my very first listen, and just like any other new release of a song or album, I don’t pay too much to detail. My ears need to get adjusted to the combination of melodies and lyrics. But for some reason, this first listen had a grip on me.
After finally purchasing the album and having a listen to it in my drive back home, something else came over me. It was the same feeling, the same grip, but this time it felt like a firestorm of emotions. With the decibel levels roaring high, this combination of melody and lyric were enhanced ten-fold. As the sound waves were rippling through the sensitive hairs in my ear, which in turn were sending the necessary signals to the brain, I was actually feeling something. The emotion was so powerful that my eyes started to tear up. There were no other thoughts on my mind. It was just me in my moving car with a fellow Armenian artist that was by my side singing about the truth. About life. And this was all done through Serj’s powerful vocals sung directly from his heart. The melodies, like a bed of clouds transporting Serj’s very words to our hearts, are a combination of rock, jazz, and orchestra thrown into a large pot and mixed to perfection.
This album speaks to everyone and opens up minds. It makes us look deeply at our imperfect world and our imperfect selves, making us reflect at the atrocities in life. It makes us hope for a better tomorrow by patching up and healing the pains of the past. It makes us stop in our footsteps and try to understand the real us. Most importantly, it just simply makes us feel. And it’s up to you to determine that very feeling, whatever it may be.
I highly recommend this album to any music aficionado and give it five stars out of five.
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