The Dreamscapes Project - Pity In A Heartbeat

Label: Figmental Records
Rating: 3.5 Guns
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The Dreamscapes Project is one of the most innovative bands to come out of the East Coast in the last decade. Picture Dave Matthews meets Live, and you’ve got “Pity In A Heartbeat,” the band’s newest offering. Completely acoustic, and interwoven with shining cello, “Pity In A Heartbeat” breathes a new breath of life to Washington D.C.’s stale acoustic scene.

Similar in style to bands like Days of the New, Dave Matthews, R.E.M., and Adam Richman, these D.C. veterans bend and mold the Acoustic genre, making it just as aggressive, if not mores so than bands using distortion and loud guitars. Keith Center, the band’s singer prefers the raw emotion of acoustic guitar to the over-processed sound of amps and effects, and it really shows on “Pity In A Heartbeat.”

The Dreamscapes Project – “Seldom A Sword”

“Excess,” the album’s lead track, starts off with poppy vocal hooks, laden with cello, and rips right into “food For Thought.”

“Seldom A Sword” is a interesting little song, merging elements of Acoustic Rock, Reggae, and Hip-Hop. Singer Keith Center even raps on the song’s verses.

Like this band? You may also like: On, Days Of The New, Live, Adam Richman, Dave Matthews, After Midnight Project