Shiny Toy Guns lost their glimmer

Shiny Toy Guns... a brilliant band whose fame is owed to 22-year-old Carah Faye Charnow (seen above), with her angel's voice that made their sound out of this world. Carah's vocals are powerful and set the strong emotion of certain songs like their first single, "Le Disko" and the album title song, "We Are Pilots". Although she did not write the lyrics for any of the album's tracks, she sang them with heart that made them sound personal and emotionally hers. "Le Disko" is characterized by the pride in female sexuality that only the intensity that Carah's vocals exemplify and she is so flexible that in the final song on the album, "We Are Pilots", she sings with a sense of vulnerability in this tale of being misunderstood and lonely.

Now, it's old news to me that Shiny Toy Guns found a new singer, but after some research yesterday, I learned that not only is Carah not in STG... she was kicked out and replaced by Jeremy Dawson, Chad Petree, and Mikey Martin, who were not only band-mates but friends to her. The painful betrayal has left Carah scorned that on her MySpace, she wrote of obvious bitterness, " From now on, what hasn't killed me, will only inspire me!" but as is in her character, she still has the pride to move on. It seems there are plans of going solo, but nothing has been confirmed. Whatever she hopes to do, she has many fans that will follow her and support her. She has a MySpace group founded by these fans that are honoring the work she's done and will do in the future.

However, as I mentioned, she was REPLACED and that is no longer a rumor. Her successor is Sisely Treasure (seen below), first recognized on the reality show to find the next Pussycat Doll. She is the main vocalist for STG's new album, "Season of Poison" due to be out this October. I have listened to "Ricochet!" and "Frozen Oceans" which features Sisely's vocals and I am extremely disappointed in what has become of one of my favorite bands. "Ricochet!" is throbbing pain in my ear. It sounds screamo, which I can usually tolerate, but STG is not a screamo band. "Frozen Oceans" was decent but that is only as far as Sisely's vocals can take it. With Sisely in their line-up, STG is not only changing its sound but its look from the brilliant abstract art feel to distasteful scene malarkey. They must have gone to a garage sale at Jeffree Star's house...

So, go check out Shiny Toy Guns and compare Carah's vocals to Sisely's to see for yourself, if you dare. If these pictures are any reflection of how they sing, though... Carah is definitely the better choice.

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My Conclusions:

• I'm probably going to write another blog about Carah and about how I interpreted the song, "We Are Pilots" because I have a lot to say on that.
• Carah is a hottie.
• I can't believe STG got a reality show graduate as a new vocalist.
• Janelle Charnow, Carah's sister, posted a comment on one of the stories about Carah being fired from STG. She was reeeeeaaaaally mad.