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The C-Minus Project
Less Than Perfect Day
XPress (Perth)
July 24th 2003
Shinazzi's penchant for tales of love and sorrow have made Less Than
Perfect Day an album that, no matter
who you are, you can find something to relate to. With that honest
and real home studio feel, the feeling
behind every one of Shinazzi's songs make this album even more brilliant
with each listen. The C-Minus Project unfurls it's tales of love,
mourning, happiness and the longing feeling that surrounds a break
up, which will strike a chord with anyone who listens to it. It's
beauty is in it's simplicity, as Shinazzi, armed with an acoustic
guitar, piano, honest voice and a few friends helping out here and
there make it an intimate ride. With highlight tracks such as the
string heavy House Near Bridge, that explores the feeling of finding
someone, Moving Along, which echoes the feeling of a hard break up
that just feels worse and worse, and the sad tale of lost friends
which is Town Where You Were Born, there isn't a lot of time for resistance.
To simply palm this release off as acoustic mellow pop would be unfair,
and a little ignorant to say the least as Sam Shinazzi's C-Minus Project
is so much more than pop - he wears his heart on his sleeve for all
to see and hear. Expect big things from this man.
Lee Glynn