18 Candles: The Early Years

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艺人: Silverstein
语种: 英语
厂牌: Victory
发行时间: 2006年05月30日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Rick Anderson

For latecoming fans of screamo kingpins Silverstein, this disc will be a welcome surprise: it brings together the complete contents of the band's first two EPs, Summer's Stellar Gaze and When the Shadows Beam, along with a handful of bonus tracks including acoustic versions of &My Heroine& and &Call It Karma,& three live recordings (among them a blistering rendition of &Bleeds No More& featuring guest vocals from Aiden's WiL), and -- bizarrely -- a dance (more or less) remix of &Smile in Your Sleep.& The EPs are both full of charmingly off-kilter touches, such as the violin that takes center stage on several tracks (notably the fine &Waiting Four Years&) and what is at times an almost Robert Fripp-ish approach to crosspicked guitar arpeggios. The earliest tracks are tightly played but recorded with a charmingly scruffy sound, and it isn't until the second EP that the screaming really starts in earnest. There are moments on that part of the program -- especially on the nicely crafted &Dawn of the Fall& -- when the band sounds something like a cross between the Cure and Hüsker Dü. The bonus tracks, too, are more than just filler: &My Heroine& suffers a bit from an out of tune guitar, and the band's vocal limitations are more exposed on the live version of &Discovering the Waterfront& than they tend to be in the studio, but there's an amazing energy to the live recordings and the remix is an enjoyable curiosity.

18 Candles: The Early Years

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