Souvenir's Young America_音乐专辑
Souvenir's Young America
表演者: Souvenir's Young America
专辑类型: 专辑
介质: CD
发行时间: 2006
唱片数: 1
出版者: UndeRadar
条形码: 6471928462425
专辑简介
On occasion I'll pick up an instrumental cd that I think is complete garbage, yet I will continually listen to it. While that doesn't appear to be productive, the thought behind it is that you need to understand not only the music that you enjoy and believe is worthwhile, but also that which is the aforementioned complete garbage. I'm sure this is covered pretty early in the Critic's Guide to Reviewing Music. Souvenir's Young America got under my skin earlier in the year and for months I couldn't get it out. I didn't particularly enjoy the album, but I couldn't really say why it plagued me so damn much. Eventually it became clear to me: Souvenir's Young America use some largely unorthodox sounds en route to creating their debut album, but it still basically fits inside the instrumental framework that we all know and love. It took me a few months to then figure out whether or not this was a failure on the band's part or an effective twist of the notion of familiarity. In the end I went with the latter. What is great about bands like this is that they can only go up from here. 2007 could very well be the year of Souvenir's Young America, and after a solid September demo, I'm inclined to think this is may be the case...
Second Opinion: As if Richmond, Virginia didn't kick enough musical ass, they had to go ahead and provide the world with Souvenir's Young America, an instrumental-rock band with as large a pair as their hometown predecessors. While many have placed them on the metal side of the vocalless world, they certainly do not belong in that sole categorization as they are just as equally twangy and atmospheric as they are heavy. For all the peolple out there complaining that this genre is largely analogous, Souvenir's Young America are a prime example of how false that statement truly is. Their self-titled album is exemplary on pretty much all counts and reaches out to even the most unattentive listeners. If you're even remotely interested in seeing the current direction of the post-rock scene, there's no better place to start than SYA.
-Jonathan Carter
Key Tracks: Still Like the Hummingbird; Letters from the Planet Earth; Sagan's Equation
曲目
1 Thirteen for Centaurus 8:26
2 Still Like the Hummingbird 4:25
3 Letters from the Earth 5:39
4 The Palantir 3:29
5 Twilight of Steam (What the Thunder Said) 11:10
6 Sagan's Equation 6:20
