Noise Revival, The / To The Seven Curches In The Province Of Asia
Album: | To The Seven Curches In The Province Of Asia | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Noise Revival, The | Added: | Aug 2006 | |
Label: | Self-Release |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2006-09-10 | Pull Date: | 2006-11-12 |
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Week Ending: | Oct 29 | Oct 22 | Oct 15 | Sep 24 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Oct 24, 2006: | What's in the Ice Box?
Strange Love |
3. | Oct 12, 2006: | Finneman's Market
Lie N Die |
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2. | Oct 17, 2006: | What's in the Ice Box?
Dragoon |
4. | Sep 22, 2006: | Finneman's Market
Strange Love |
Album Review
Rob
Reviewed 2006-09-03
Reviewed 2006-09-03
Smooth, compositional fuzz rock. Winding, upbeat ballads weave seamlessly between different tonal movements while urgent, distorted vox give a steady anchor to the meandering tunes. Lots of retro-sounding synths and consciously restrained guitar distortion keep the sound mellow and hopeful. Don't look for experimental schizophrenia here - the album is designed to be one coherent musical piece, and all tracks flow smoothly, both between their own sections and into one another (read: cold starts and stops throughout.) Reminiscent of Pink Floyd.
FCC Clean, Play any track. (my picks: 7 and 9)
1. 1:05 Rock preacher intro
2. 5:19 Standard post-rock overture first 4:00, then a long decrescendo of swirling atmospheric record noise to transition.
3. 10:23 Soft/Mid energy. Spacey and impassioned mood rock epic. Carefully constructed instrumental sections maintain enough subtle musical shifts that keep the piece from dragging. 30-sec synth outro.
4. 11:37 Mid energy retro rocker. Similar to 3, with a less-catchy melody but more dynamic contrast and more varied composition. Particularly, softer softs, faster transitions, and longer atmospheric breaks. 1:10 tonal outro.
5. 6:25 Mechanical guitar intro, then softly urgent post-rock with some panicky vocal sections. Watch the outro transition to 6.
6. 5:30 Arena synth rock sound. Catchy and anthemic. Nice transition at 2:03 to pounding quasi-surf-rock section. Haunted mansion organ last 0:30.
*7. 3:42 Cleaner sound with prevalent organ eighth notes and lots of changes, including tempo ritards (whee.) Starry organ and orchestral drums last 1:00
8. 8:51 Epic theatrical ballad. Wandering gothic organ sounds mingle with pseudo-spiritual narrative rock dialogue. 1:37 muffled outro, with crescendoing transition to 9 last 0:51.
*9. 3:21 Swirling, upbeat rocker. Pretty, shimmering instrumental break at 1:20, ends with martial drum.
FCC Clean, Play any track. (my picks: 7 and 9)
1. 1:05 Rock preacher intro
2. 5:19 Standard post-rock overture first 4:00, then a long decrescendo of swirling atmospheric record noise to transition.
3. 10:23 Soft/Mid energy. Spacey and impassioned mood rock epic. Carefully constructed instrumental sections maintain enough subtle musical shifts that keep the piece from dragging. 30-sec synth outro.
4. 11:37 Mid energy retro rocker. Similar to 3, with a less-catchy melody but more dynamic contrast and more varied composition. Particularly, softer softs, faster transitions, and longer atmospheric breaks. 1:10 tonal outro.
5. 6:25 Mechanical guitar intro, then softly urgent post-rock with some panicky vocal sections. Watch the outro transition to 6.
6. 5:30 Arena synth rock sound. Catchy and anthemic. Nice transition at 2:03 to pounding quasi-surf-rock section. Haunted mansion organ last 0:30.
*7. 3:42 Cleaner sound with prevalent organ eighth notes and lots of changes, including tempo ritards (whee.) Starry organ and orchestral drums last 1:00
8. 8:51 Epic theatrical ballad. Wandering gothic organ sounds mingle with pseudo-spiritual narrative rock dialogue. 1:37 muffled outro, with crescendoing transition to 9 last 0:51.
*9. 3:21 Swirling, upbeat rocker. Pretty, shimmering instrumental break at 1:20, ends with martial drum.
Track Listing
1. | To The Seven Churches | 6. | Don't Give Up The Fight | |||
2. | Good Job | 7. | Dragoon | |||
3. | Lie N Die | 8. | The Dungeon Of Versailles | |||
4. | Revolution | 9. | Strange Love | |||
5. | Lonely Road | . |