Song of the Week (1/16-1/22)

     Lately, I have found myself listening to a lot of different genres of music.  I have been listening to different types of rock, rap and electronic music, and enjoying them all.  One of the bands I have been listening to a lot is the Deftones.  Deftones have always been a band that I have enjoyed, offering a great mixture of in your face and ambient, almost psychedelic music.  One of Deftones most recent hits, "Rocket Skates" is my song of the week. 
     "Rocket Skates"comes off of Deftones most recent CD, Diamond Eyes, a CD that was formed out of the car crash of their bassist, Chi Cheng, who is currently in a coma like state.  Deftones enlisted their friend Sergio Vega to fill in for Cheng on bass, who does a pretty good job in his absence.  "Rocket Skates" is a great mix of Deftones always great instrumentals and vocals.  Vocalist, Chino Moreno, uses his smooth, trance-like vocals to pull you into the song, just to use his hair-splitting screams to push you back away.  Guitarist, Stephen Carpenter, uses great riff patterns to help create a perfect environment for Moreno's vocals.  The song, however, is enhanced greatly by two people, keyboardist and turntable operator, Frank Delgado, and drummer, Abe Cunningham.  The keys are very faint in this song, but add a very eerie and psychedelic feel, furthering this idea of a mixture between in your face and psychedelic.  Cunningham's drums on this track take the song to a whole new level, punctuating the song in all the right places. 
     I was amazed to hear how much heavier this song had been from the singles coming right before it.  Deftones had began to stray away from the heavier elements in their music and began to rely more and more on the ambient and psychedelic natures of their music.  I have always been a fan of their unique mixing of the two, and although I like the really light and ambient stuff, I'm glad they have returned to their roots.  Posted below is Deftone's video for "Rocket Skates".  Let me know what you think, comments are always welcome.

Deftones-"Rocket Skates"