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| From | jchasin@nyc.rr.com |
| Subject | Re: The new Silos album |
| Date | Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:02:03 -0400 |
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Hey yo:
If a person really liked Public Library, what would be the next record
of yours this hypothetical person might want? Is Protestant Rock
Ethic in a similar vein (musically if not thematically)?
----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Rundman <rundman@msn.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:37 pm
Subject: The new Silos album
To: audities@smoe.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael vg <govango@yahoo.com>
> > But why I really responded to your post is...
> > The Silos have a new CD out? This I missed.
> > Is it any good? How long has it been out?
>
> Yup, there is a new Silos album "Come on like the fast
> lane"...they were
> selling it (a European release) at their shows opening for The
> Minus Five
> back in the Spring. I assume that this is the record that
> Bloodshot will put
> out eventually, but occasionally the American versions of Silos
> albums are
> different (in track sequence or names, artwork, or occasionally in
> mixes or
> the songs themselves), so who knows what Bloodshot will do.
>
> I think it's kinda weird that Bloodshot is releasing it 'cause
> they're so
> specific (on their website, at least) about only considering "alt-
> country"projects for their label. This is probably the most
> crunchy-alternative-rock
> album the Silos have ever recorded, and not really very Bloodshotish.
>
> Their last album, 2004's "When the Telephone Rings" I thought was
> one of
> their best albums ever, and it did really hearken back to the Cuba
> era. It
> came out on Dual-Tone, and it should've been really huge for them,
> in my
> opinion...I wonder what happened....
>
> This new one is a lot darker than "Telephone", with some really
> heavy and
> riffy tunes. There are a couple of Walter's poppier moments, a
> couple quiet
> songs, and a really interesting story song played in a mysterious
> cowboy/Western style. They also total rewrite of a song called "I
> Won You
> Won" that first appeared on Walter's solo album "Radar" in the mid-
> 90s.He'll occasionally re-write and re-release a song from a past
> album...Ican't think of any other bands who do that.
>
> Also, more than half the songs are co-writes by Walter and other
> interestingwriters including Steve Wynn, Gary Sunshine (who was in
> the "Heater"-era
> Silos lineup), and other Walter-collaborators like Dave Bassett,
> and Mark
> Bening.
>
> I think the defining quality of this album is that there are no guest
> musicians, just the core trio of the band, with bass player Drew
> Glackinoverdubbing all the lead guitar stuff (he's an amazing lead
> guitarist, by
> the way). Konrad Meissner, the drummer, seems to be adding his
> input to the
> arrangements more than ever, too....lots of crazy drumming and time
> signature changes throughout.
>
> Jonathan Rundman
> http://www.jonathanrundman.com
>
>
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