Deep

An album filled with techno sounds and charged vocals, Ror-Shak's Deep has melodic tunes that are both upbeat and also somewhat despondent, depending on your outlook.

"Lisa's Song" has Lisa Shaw's hypnotic vocals along with guitar work from Craig Bevan, Andy Hawkins, Joe Lucey and Mariano Paniello. Shaw's voice has a shadowy ring to it that will haunt listeners long after the song ends. She emotes about what a certain someone does and doesn't do, with lines like, "It's not that you love, it's that you don't trust/It's not what you see, it's what you don't, what you don't see. At least you see another side of me."

"Fate or Faith" has more racking vocals along with more guitar work from Bevan, Hawkins. Lucey and Paniello. Yet the vocalist utters the allusive line that coincides with the song's title, with, "G-D will save me." The song has a spiritual flow that is hard to discount and this line cements its message of holiness strikingly.

On "A Forest," the rhythm moves even more to techno with more guitar and bass work from Pedro Yanowitz. The song then segues into a futuristic bend and is one you are sure to hear a DJ playing at your local electronic-techno club as the neon lights flail off of the dancers on the floor.

On "Golden Cage," the techno vibe continues but with a slower, more flirtatious beat. The singer's voice echoes, giving the song a somewhat spooky vibe as she utters lines like, "Hey hey hey, I bet you want to fly away, but hey hey hey I built a pretty little cage." The song's lyrics might be viewed by some listeners as terrifying and borderline obsessive with the blazen imagery, but the track's rhythm is so ear-catching that they might choose to overlook its ill-boding illustrations.

"Rescue Me" has the vocalist deploring listeners for aid and salvation and is accompanied by drum play. Her voice ruptures from time to time as she is pleading for assistance, with lines like, "For the first time, I'm the refugee. Please rescue me, set me free. For the last time/Will you come and rescue me." She alters the timbre of her voice which gives some depth to her overtures, and listeners might wish to heed her call.

Ror-Shak's Deep is true to its title; it is an album filled with incisive songs and lyrics that use raging imagery to paint vivid pictures in listeners' minds. The scintillating instrument work is a perfect codicil to go along with the vocalists' unique interpretation of each song.