Today's first breakdown is for the audiobook of "Cool Gardens" by Serj Tankian:
When I found out that the main singer behind System Of A Down had some books of poetry out, I had to wake up - grab a book and see about its make-up... and what pleasantries and oddities I found inside that touched on a lot of the familiar subjects of SOAD's music and then some. Unpredictably methodic in provoking thought as you'd expect, I think there's plenty of things to be deciphered in this book for everybody to get something of it. In an age of uncertainty, I think words with true intent like we have here are detrimental for a questionable society to regain its necessary footing. I believe that the writer and I share parallels of thought and I hope this book reached out and shook someone awake, or planted a new idea - or set in motion a fresh perception, after it was read as it did for me.
The audio portion was performed by Serj himself and it felt so natural. It was pretty neat to experience him in a different avenue and hear him speak his eloquent mind quite literally.
5/5 stars.
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Second breakdown of the day is for "Glaring Through Oblivion" by Serj Tankian:
Having read his previous release "Cool Gardens" I knew to anticipate the unexpected and expect outputs of new and/or agreeable thoughts - as always when exploring the art of Serj. Might sound ridiculous, but I was surprised by the level of poetry in this one. I felt it was stronger in poetical writing than his debut, but admittedly I liked his first release a little better. That's just my preference, this one is still packed with a lot of great material and I'm very glad to have read all of Tankian's books now. His talents definitely aren't confined to just music so regardless of what you think of the noise he creates be sure to give his poetry and autobiography a chance.
4/5 stars.
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