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| From | jchasin@nyc.rr.com |
| Subject | Re: The new Silos album |
| Date | Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:04:35 -0400 |
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Sorry; I thought I'd pasted in Jonathan's personal email addy in
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----- Original Message -----
From: jchasin@nyc.rr.com
Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 5:03 pm
Subject: Re: The new Silos album
To: audities@smoe.org
> 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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