Stever
"Playground Isolato"
© Karen Stever
May 04 - 10, 2025
Year of Release: 2008
Rating:
Sicko
Playground Isolator
Skin
Funeral Mute
Get Outa My Head
Collapse
Dream Baby Dream
Thanks To Me
Shame On Me
Ride Of Your Life
The Last Machine
Call The Game
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From The WSVNRadio Hall of
Fame, Volume 21 -- Stever, aka Karen Stever, and her gothic release from 2008, Playground Isolation,
as her song "Funeral Mute' is part of that compilation. Her website is
http://www.karensteven.com. Combining Rock and Classical,
Playground Isolation will lead us into an isolated (hard) Rock playground, just as the album title states.
"Sicko" leads the classical/rock straight into straight hard rock. Very impressive. That impression keeps
ging with the title track, Playground Isolation, another great spark of Hard Rock/Alternative. "Skin"
sounds like a time travel, with its impressive piano, and more great Alternative rock sound. "Funeral Mute,"
as described in her "About" page, travels a dark road in Stever's life. Read her
ABOUT Page, for more info. "Funeral Mute" is
a great song, as it slightly resembles musically Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"
"Get Outa My Head" once again, continues great harder alternative rock, "Collapse" slows down the pace,
as most albums do, and does well. "Dream Baby Dream" has a slow-driven intro, and is slow-driven for the most
part. And both songs are extremely well done. "Thanks To Me" returns to the harder Rock, and as many songs heard
already, it's another quite impressive track, in its Hard Rock/Alternative style. "Shame On Me" really shows NO
shame; it's another impressive hard rock track (again). "The Ride Of Your Life" definitely is a RIDE. A ride of
great hard rock and Alternative. Enjoy that Ride... "The Last Machine" just keeps that hard rock flow going.
"Call The Game" ends the album, as it is another great Alternative Rocker.
Stever's Playground Isolator shows what great Alternative Rock should sound like. A touch of Classical, with
its Hard Rock flavors, it gets great comparisons to Evanescence, Marilyn Manson. A very impressive Hard Rock album.
Karen Stever's life is detailed on her website, as she has been in the darker scenes, and the hard rock music is best
to include with her songs. She has released another album, Idiot Savant. She has also written books, and is
continuing her writings.
"I am an author, a musician... and Canadian weirdo!" .. Explore the life of Stever, through her website, and through
her music. Playground Isolator is a great Hard Rock/Alternative album. For those fans, this is a must to listen.
And, WSVNRadio is proud to have promoted her music, and being a part of it's WSVNRadio Hall of Fame.
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