Artist: Deastro
Album: Keepers
Genre: Indie Electronic, Synth-pop
Release Date: Nov 18th, 2008
Label: Ghostly International
Rating: **
A collection of home recordings by Detroit, Michigan artist, Randolph Chabot (pseudonym: Deastro). Synthesizers, midi sounding bass and drum lines (sometimes resembling video game music, as in "Light Powered"), and Deastro's emo-like vocals add up to a general warm washy feeling. It is a solid and original style and there are a number of impressive tracks on this album. However, the material is largely hit and miss. Quality jumps around as one listens, from the fantastic to borderline awful (but there's always a certain sincerity to every song that saves them from being unlistenable). This can likely be attributed to the time span of the recordings, and the home demo nature of the album (which has it's advantages as well). I should also note that I have seen Deastro live, and he puts on a good, energetic show (much better than this collection recording at least). And if I gave stars based on album cover artwork, this would be a definite 5.
- Michael, the Lone Archer of the North Shore ****
- The Shaded Forests *****
- Light Powered *****
- The Goodman of the House ***
- The Green Harbor ***
- Wind Powered ****
- The Floating Cradle **
- Leah's Daughter the Giraffe **
- Open Up Ye Dark Gates ***
- Child of Man, Son of God *
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