Fable Cry - Fable Cry: Unsolicited Opinions by Mercury

Fable Cry - Fable Cry

Unsolicited Opinions by Mercury

Theatrical / French-ish Inspired / Surreal / Storytelling / Indie

Favorite Tracks:

1 - Cyotee 

2 - Ooh La La

3 -  Hobo Wicked Fix

Reason - Fun & Theatrical

Least Favorite Tracks:

Galactic Seahorse

Stick City

Reasons? BORING!

Track 1: Cyotee

★★★★★

- The overlapping speaking/howling/shouting gives an energy of chaos

-Very theatrical

- Big fan of the guitar

Favorite Line/Moment

"Flash of red, You're dead!"

Track 2: Land Ho!

★★★⯪☆

- The harmonies are a nice touch

- The instrumental bridge is very soothing, and the moment they upped the tempo and added more instruments was a respectable move

- Whatever main character the singer is depicting is clearly a little crazy

Favorite Line/Moment

The Bridge as a Whole

Track 3: The Ratcatcher of Hamelin

★★★☆☆

- Hearing much more of the female singer

- Laidback intro, tempo picks up about a minute in

- Very much a folk vibe

Favorite Line/Moment

About 3 minutes in when the tempo picks up and the singer begins a harmony with the male singer

Track 4: Galactic Seahorse

★⯪☆☆☆

- Overall, the song is quite laidback, especially compared to the last three tracks

- A little boring to be honest

- Not the biggest fan of the twinkly sound in the background

Favorite Line/Moment

no particular moment stood out to be honest.

Track 5: Hobo Wicked Fix

★★★★☆

- bringing back the theatrical energy the first track had

- tones of agony

- The bridge has a more laidback energy compared to the rest of the song

Favorite Line/Moment

3:40, the crescendo the instrumentals

Track 6: La Casserole

★★★☆☆

- French styled

- Completely Instrumental

-Suddenly shit is breaking (1:02), lowk scared me

-Quite whimsical

Favorite Line/Moment

The Intro

Track 7: Ooh La La

★★★★⯪

- Fun, theatrical

- Energy shifts about 1:20

- Romantic

-  LOVE the guitar

Favorite Line/Moment

The First Minute

Track 8 Pitter Patter

★★★☆☆

- Eerie energy

- A duet, most likely the two lovers from the previous number

- Often refers to hearing "them"???

Favorite Line/Moment

"I hear them no more."

Track 9: Sand Cyborg

★★★☆☆

- IMMEDIATELY has more energy

- Holy fuck it's 7:24 long O_O

-Despite the upbeat intro, the rest of the song is themed around feeling trapped/restricted, often says "Free me"

- The instrumentals are beautiful throughout

- I love the crescendo moments

- Though I may tend to lean toward the more upbeat/dramatic songs, this I really enjoyed (Despite being SEVEN AND A HALF FUCKING MINUTES, WHAT!)

Favorite Line/Moment

first 10 seconds, about 2:45 when the tempo picks up

Track 10: Hymn 15: Ax & Shovel

★★⯪☆☆

- Lowk boring

-Not really a fan of the vibe

-Takes too long to get good, but when it does makes up for it

Favorite Line/Moment

"They'll find you"

"FIRE FIRE FIRE!"

Track 11: Stick City

★⯪☆☆☆

- Boringgg

- Much more of the female singer

-The twinkling noise in the background gives it lullaby vibes

- Feels like a song for a forgotton kids tv show

-  An accordian comes out of nowhere close to the end giving it almost a circusy vibe (which I usually like, just in this case it only lasts liek 10 seconds and is still boring T_T)

Favorite Line/Moment

Nothing stood out to me

Track 12: Yeti Vs. Poseidon

★★★☆☆

- More of the female singer!! (we don't hear her a whole lot, especially in the later abums)

- Sea shanty energy

- Overall not bad

Favorite Line/Moment

When the energy came back about 3:00 minutes in

Track 13: Freight Train Whale Wars: Part I

★★★☆☆

- Feels like an unreleased song from the movie Tangled right off the bat

- Completely instrumental, yet quite enjoyable nevertheless

- Goes quiet and repeats the same melody over and over for a bit in the middle of the song for some reason

Favorite Line/Moment

About 1:15 in when the energy comes back

Track 14 (Final): More?

★★⯪☆☆

- I can't decide if it's folk or hillbilly if that makes sense??

- Okay, but nothing too special

- It's trying to bring the energy of the other songs back, but it just isn't working

Favorite Line/Moment

The intro was nice

**I LOVE Fable Cry, but I'm not gonna sugarcoat anything -- if a song is ass, IT'S ASS, I'm not gonna lie to you. (Though I really enjoyed listening to this album)**

This band (especially this album) is WAY too underrated, especially among those who enjoy the more theatrical and dramatic varieties of music. 

Even though my opinion may seem a bit harsh on some tracks, I actually really liked this album and ordered a compact disc lol

I really loved the emotions displayed through the vocals, and even the energy of the instrumentals. As a trained singer, I really appreciate the passion and dramatics put into each word; Something I stand by is that while it CERTAINLY is something to strive for and is preferred, (and this band definitely delivered), a song doesn't JUST have to be vocally impressive to immerse the audience and make them connect with your character......ᶜᵒᵘᵍʰ ᶜᵒᵘᵍʰ...ᵇⁱˡˡʸ ᵖᵒʳᵗᵉʳ ᵃˢ ᵉᵐᶜᵉᵉ ⁱⁿ ᶜᵃᵇᵃʳᵉᵗ... WHO SAID THATT??

Final Rating: ★★★★☆ , This band needs to just write a musical already.