Oddnote: Mystified Single Review: A Charismatic Throwback

July 11, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Channeling the Seattle-styled grunge song that made bands like Nirvana legends, Nashville’s Oddnote have a more than solid throwback piece in “Mystified,” that will not only take you back to that era but make you a fan of the future of the genre.

The success of the track is thanks to the entire band. While frontman Arman Asadsangabi plays his part with his charismatic vocal performance, Matthew Millstein and Nick Huff’s drum and bass work keep the song strong throughout, while the opening guitar riff and by Joseph Downing and Rocko Beall make the song instantly approachable and will connect that ‘90s grunge audience.

However, the musicianship plays almost second fiddle to the lyrics. Clear and easy to understand thanks to Asadsangabi, it’s an anthem to a rough relationship-

“Sometimes I’m mystified by how we lie until we die
I feel it’s fine till I, find a light that’s lost its life
I wanna know, wanna know your confessions
I want it all, want to know your decision
I want it now ~ I need it now.”

Truth be told, the song was inspired by Asadsangabi’s own relationship issues.

“I wrote Mystified in the spring of 2018 while going through some rough patches in my relationship,” he said. “It just so happened that the song became more of an introspective outlook on the world we’re living in today, and with that.. everything built into it just slowly came perfectly together.”

That ability to share your life and deliver it musically is what every musician tries to do, but it rarely ever ends up as a success. For such a young band to be able to communicate an issue like this and do it through alternative rock is exactly what the genre needs. While the Grand Old Opry when they think of Nashville, this band has the potential to help change that.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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