BONGERS' STATS

Albums: 1

-Diary of a Douche

Genre: Punk

Site: n/a

With C&BR since: January 2011

Bongers' albums

DIARY OF A DOUCHE

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"This album is dedicated to the POM-Munity. To all the people that helped me get better at POM-Ing, and to all the crazy people that keep the Quick-Chat random. Although some would argue that the art of POM-Ing is a waste of time, space and bandwidth, the community alone is worth the countless hours i've poured into making these songs.
Thank you
Bongers/Bonghaar"

SPECTRE'S ALBUM REVIEW

Mr. Review's Rate:  5/5 stars

From the amusing titles to some of the more upbeat and catchy songs, "Diary of a Douche" is indeed a true reflection of Bongers personality. With just under a thirty minute runtime, this debut album features nine punk/hard rock tracks wich are both well balanced and crafted with an almost surgical precision. 

    Carefully selected chord arrangements, nice switches in intensity as well as leads and bridges galore shove the word tedious aside on what can only be qualified as an uplifting yet fierce record. There's really no stone left unturned on "Diary of a Douche" wich is brimming with variety and techniques. Despite spreading it a little thick at times, (notably in the "Butter" trilogy - tracks 4,5 and 6) Bongers does manages to maintain a coherent feel throughout each song. Fully utilizing every scale and narrowly approaching the border of what could be overly progressive, Bongers carefully doses all the right ingredients to form a compelling and entertaining album.

    The two opening tracks on "DOAD" set a joyous mood which is then smoothly replaced by some raw tones and sharper riffs, as heard on "Inconsequently Consequent". The following three tracks (with titles so long they needed abbreviations) are more daring structure-wise and are smothered with leads and transitions. The link between tracks 5 and 6 also creates a nice effect. And finally the last three songs bring us back to a simpler and just as effective approach. The title (and closing song) caps off the album beautifully as well, almost exuding a certain feeling of nostalgia.

    If you do end up listening to "Diary of a Douche", don't be thrown off by some of the bizarre or comic titles as it's definitely an album that should be taken seriously.

    SPECTRE'S WORD OF ADVICE: @Bongers, continue to tread carefully when going with a progressive feel. You seem to easily grasp the notion of what can sometimes be "too much", thus, keeping that thought imprinted in your song writing process will assuredly provoke excellent results.

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