Genres: Folk, alternative rock, reggae fusion, new wave
Release: June 5 2012
Label: Black Tie Productions
Topics: Youth, conformity, society, faith, love

Background

The first full-length album by Aimery Achai has finally been completed. The album deals with issues of youth, conformity, society, faith and love. The album is a mixture of Aimery's favorite musical sounds, so there isn't a set genre. However, the album remains consistent, with each track painting a story, from the freedom of youth, to the lessons that comes with age. The album is a story of life and society, without sounding contrived. The record has a strong folk backbone, with Aimery narrating his life and the world in his perspective. The album was called "RISE", because Aimery wanted people to elevate their thinking of the world. To have a stronger stance on what they believe in, and to inspire a change.

Tracks and Analysis

Youth

Youth is about conformity and society, in the eyes of a teenager trapped in crossroads to be someone they want to be and someone society tells them to be. The song was written by Aimery Achai from a personal level on pressures of conformity growing up. The song starts out with "romanticized" vision of youth living carefree and hoping to be what they want to be. The song then questions the extent of this freedom, and then the mental chaos begins. The song then continues into the topic of conformity asking "to follow the crowd or go my own way", a question we have asked ourselves at least once in our lives. This then leads to the chorus, which is Aimery with vocal reverbs to make it sound like an audience of voices. After the chorus the song continues to question what are we to do. Like a few songs on the album, the song is an alternative pop/rock song that combines both organic and computer instrumentals, the prominent two are a synthesized keyboard and electric guitar. Both instruments are played by Aimery. The song also has a strong drum beat in standard time, and soft bass. The vocal reverb Aimery used, was by multi-track recording, to create a sound similar to a crowd chanting the lyrics.

Looking to the sky,
and making wishes that will be never be
With every shooting star,
we dream of what we will grow up to be
Running in the wind and being free
Nothing can stop us now
until we find what life really means

Our minds are in this war,
screaming out loud
Is this life worth fighting for?!
Life seems like a dream,
what does it all mean?
Stuck in a crossroad
Don't know which way to turn
Follow the crowd or go my own way

We are the youth,
the lost souls of the damned
Lost in this world,
in a never ending journey
We are the youth
Society tells us lies,
but our heart tells us the truth

Should we do what they say,
or continue living the lies they want us to portray
If I rebel they'll call me the enemy,
If I do as they say,
It'll tear my soul away

We are the youth,
the lost souls of the damned
Lost in this world,
in a never ending journey
We are the youth
Society tells us lies,
but our heart tells us the truth

Caught in the middle,
What are we to do?
They make life like a riddle,
Be yourself and become an outcast,
Be like everyone else
and life will go well

We are the youth,
the lost souls of the damned
Lost in this world,
in a never ending journey
We are the youth
Society tells us lies,
but our heart tells us the truth

Sounds like

Edited by user 28 June 2012 17:20:47(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Aimery: Thanks, its great to hear that. I want my music to be as relatable as possible, and you saying that means a lot.

(Achai, A.; Powers, C.)

The song begins its middle section, which is about politics and society. The song was largely inspired by anti-war songs of the 60s - 70s, and references various events that occurred in those decades. Such as the Summer of Love, and Vietnam Protests. In the song Aimery cries out for everyone to stop the conflict and come together as one. We should see people as our sister and brother and not as our enemy. The song takes the chorus from the iconic "Get Together" by The Young Bloods, Aimery did so because the chorus captures the rest of the song perfectly, and nothing else would do. In terms of sound, Aimery was inspired by one of his idols Bob Dylan, and decided to go in a folky route. The song is plain, and features nothing but an acoustic guitar and a harmonica. The song is a mid-temp folk song, with a harmonica break.

They say they're gonna bomb us,
murder, and rape us
Make fear in our hearts,
and panic in our minds
Pillage our towns,
and cleanse our culture
They want war,
they want to make us no more
Ask yourself this,
Who am I living for?

C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now

War what is is good for?
Pain and suffering?
Or our leaders ego boost?
Peace and love may sound cliche
But we must come together for the sake of it
A great man once said
an eye for an eye will make us all blind
Don't fight for the sake of mankind

C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now

Put flowers in their guns,
and love in their hearts
Remember those weapons will kill your sons,
Our parents fought for freedom,
in that hot summer of love
So put down your difference,
and acknowledge your similarities
You will see we are all the same,
in our special way

C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now

Our problems are like dust in the wind
they fly away and never return
Lets all sit down, and make solutions,
to a temporary problem
Hold your arms, and only use them for a sweet embrace

C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now

C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now

Sounds like

RISE

(Achai, A.)

Rise may seem to many as a anti-political song but it isn't. Rise is about standing up for whats right, its about being outspoken, and aggressive in your goals. Rise is exactly what the album is in one song. The song was written after being angered about privacy concerns with the government, and their power to take away certain freedoms. The power of corporations over politics is ridiculous, and they should be separated. Rise starts off slow, and progresses into a climatic back and forth chant with a choir. The song has heartland rock, country, and blues influences. While taking in some elements of gospel and opera. The song is Aimery's most powerful, in that he wanted it to appeal to everyone regardless of language. The feel and sound of the song was most important, giving it the big punch. Musically, Aimery wanted to combine operatic style, with rock and roll.

We are all living in a fucked up world,
idiots in power and people with no morals
What are we to do but live along with it
Change only makes things worse
and every blessing seems like a curse
Stand up and you'll get shot (bang bang)
Sit down and you'll lose everything you got
What are we to do?
What's going on?

Are these idiots coming up with a New World Order?
Get ready for it, cause' Big Brother will always be watching
A world with no freedom will cause us all to lose faith
Ask yourself this,
What are you living for?
To be controlled and manipulated?
To be fed lies like everything is gonna be alright?

Rise, so everything can be alright
Rise, so you can have rights
Rise, so our youth may have a chance
Rise, so you won't be told lies

We're people not numbers,
we have souls and a mind
Use them to think not hate
Government is there to protect us
but all they're doing is killing us
Propaganda and words of hate
Is like evil spreading though our veins,
a never ending plague that will corrupt us all
And suck us in like a black hole

Rise, so everything can be alright
Rise, so you can have rights
Rise, so our youth may have a chance
Rise, so you won't be told lies

I'm singing this song to open your minds,
to tell you whats going on
We together as a people are far stronger,
than anything a government can concoct
We must stand together and rise
And say with me this

Rise, so everything can be alright
Rise, so you can have rights
Rise, so our youth may have a chance
Rise, so you won't be told lies

Runaway

(Achai, A.)

Runaway was written after he ran away from home because he felt like he was trapped in hell. So he took everything that mattered for him, and just left, to begin a life on his own. Like the wind he went from place to place not feeling he belong anywhere, always feeling alone. The song employs heavy drums, largely taken from hip hop music, guitars, and minimal synthesizers. The Aimery again used his voice, and multiplied them to sing different parts of the song at once. And using the call-back method in the chorus.

erica: the lyrics are a bit..depressing.good,but depressing.

nina: . now i want to listen the cure and cry,love.

Isabel: This album looks amazin so far, can't wait to get my hands on it :-)