I find it colorfully amusing that the band This Noise Inside My Head describes itself as “Artistic renderings of borderline personality disorder using audio as the medium” on Facebook. The decision to obviously title the band after a well-known Nine Inch Nails song lyric instantly puts a grinding, industrial theme in mind. Personally, I hear Trent Reznor’s voice repeating the lyric, and this doesn’t stop until the track plays.
“Sun Sheds Light,” by title alone, calls for an optimistic healing parodied by both the band’s description and pessimistic title. Fans of Nine Inch Nails who hear Reznor’s plea would think This Noise Inside My Head is a sound that no one would care to delve deeper into.
With its droning beginning and distorted guitars, “Sun Sheds Light” stays in step with a Gothic style. Lines like “Try to stay awake so I can listen to you breathe” and “I feel you; it feels good. It kills too; I feel you” sedate the listener. Really, it takes the listener back to a ’90s era groove punctuated with just a touch of Kurt Cobain-inspired angst. “Sun Sheds Light” feels like a heavy dose of NyQuil, but its pulse keeps the listener alive to see that morning sunlight.
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Review by Ellen Eldridge
