The Dreamscapes Project | Pity in a Heartbeat
It’s beyond me why any band would want to sound like an acoustic version of Live, but here you go. The thing is, The Dreamscapes Project’s Keith Center isn’t as accomplished a singer as Ed Kowalczyk, but he projects just as much “passion” and “intensity.” The quotation marks are because he delivers his lyrics like a musical theater performer.
That doesn’t mean he isn’t sincere, but there’s a difference between being in touch with your emotions, and knowing how to express them most effectively. What may have begun as heartfelt gets buried beneath layers of artifice. The result: insincerity. To quote the band’s “Food for Thought,” it’s like “a deer wrapped in a tissue.”
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