Fires Were Shot / Solace
Album: Solace   Collection:General
Artist:Fires Were Shot   Added:Aug 2004
Label:Asphodel  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2004-11-08 Pull Date: 2005-01-10 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Dec 12 Dec 5 Nov 28 Nov 21 Nov 14
Airplays: 3 1 1 3 6

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 18, 2005: Stirling's Approximation
Quickbeam
4. Dec 05, 2004: Machine Love
Ocean M31
2. Dec 10, 2004: Baptism of Solitude
Quickbeam
5. Dec 01, 2004: Brownian Motion
Quickbeam
3. Dec 09, 2004: Stirling's Approximation
Quickbeam
6. Nov 25, 2004: Fiction Romance - Thanksgiving Marathon
Eierie

Album Review
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2004-10-27
Fans of Evening Star era Fripp, Windy and Carl, AMP, Flying Saucer Attack, My Bloody Valentine sonic embellishments. Guitar duo that creates lush ambient experimental soundscapes with loops, effects and probably lots of Demerol if not LSD. Tracks are radio friendly in length for the most part (2-5 min).

1) slow fade in looping chords feel
2) ambient layers build prettily
3) 1:30, brief
4) pretty loop layers w/ sparkeling chords
5) piano feel in chords
6-7) FSA’ish, lush
8) almost droning
9) chordal, brief
10) a bit noisier, darker
11-12) spacey
13) pretty
14) long ~20 minute track, loopy and spacey
15) strummy, almost “song”-like

Track Listing
1. Aside Herself   8. Yugen
2. Quickbeam   9. Solice
3. Lattice   10. Hollow
4. Eierie   11. Massakur
5. Subslumber   12. Undersatuary
6. Hiroshima   13. Letter Home
7. Salene   14. Ocean M31
  15. Balfour Hollis