Seeing Sounds...Hearing Images.

As I am preparing to visit The Infamous Beverly Center, here in Los Angeles, California, one of my first stops is going to be a visit to the Virgin MegaStore. I will be supporting N.E.R.D by purchasing this 3rd, studio LP effort, SEEING SOUNDS; a vivid compilation of a new genre in the mainstream music rhythmicphere. As Ive been listening to various tracks from N.E.R.D's new album, the Junior project of their 7 year career, as an eclectic group of All-Star Musicians, I cant help but to become extremely excited about the experimental mixtures of colorful, R&B melodies, contrasted with tones of Rock, Pop and Alternative beats. What Chad & Hugo are bringing to the spectrum of music, is a twist of chromatic genius, often unfound in other projects of this calibur.

The juxtaposition of Pharrels airy, ocean-waved, falsetto is mixed above the crashing, and sometimes, soothing sounds of songs that speak in echoes of the present clash of political, social and economic warfare in America. On my favorite track of the album, thus far, LOVE BOMBS, Pharrel so poignantly states, 'We've got enough Love Songs, We Need a Love Bomb'. N.E.R.D uses their ingenius, lyrical content, combined with their musical portraitures of perfection, to paint images of sound that are sure to transcend the comfort and discomfort levels of our present generation.

Given four years, since the March 2004 release of their last, Smash-Hit compilation, N.E.R.D creates a platform of artistry, illustrated through an array of tones and sound circumstances, easily shelved for its eclectic existence, and yet, easily enveloped for its innovation and experimental style. SEEING SOUNDS is an album that presents its existence in Red and Blue Strokes, sanctioned in a Mainstream Mess of Todays Top 40 Hits, strictly painted in Black or White.

I am extremely Impressed with what N.E.R.D has created for their Fans and CopyCats to follow. As I purchase this project today, adding its Songs to the Soundtrack of my new journey, here in California, Im going to relish in the Hope that a LOVE BOMB hits my being, protecting Me from any and all ills that have yet to be created to sabotage my ultimate Dreams.

'Life Without Photographs are Moments that Never Happened'~{Xem; August, 2007}~