CD Review
The Ryan Observation - One & Zero
I'd like to introduce you to a new band in the making called The Ryan Observation. 
With Jeremy Clark on guitar and bass, Chris Clark on drums, and Todd Weaver on vocals, these three Odessa musicians have released a well constructed CD of Texas hard rock.  The song writing style is very diverse combining multiple elements of slow melodic melodies along with hard crunching head banging riffs.  Jeremy exhibits a versatility for being quite accomplished on bass and guitar.  Todd definitely has that smooth hypnotic feeling to his voice similar to that of  Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam as exhibited in track 1 "On One End".  At the same time in track 2 "Pieces", he reaches down and grabs you by the n##ts like Dryden Mitchell of Alien Ant Farm.  Chris Clark is the rope that weaves this snare laying down a hard back beat proving himself song after song to be a solid in-the-pocket player.  His style is simple, clean and to the point.  All-in-all there's not one bad track on the whole seven track CD.  Once again for all you hard rockers out there, here's a new CD for your collection.  Get a copy of One & Zero at www.theryanobservation.com.

Kyle Loffton
dallasmusic.com
staff writer