Dan_Patlansky-Dear_Silence_Thieves-2015-404

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2016-05-07

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Artist: Dan Patlansky
Album: Dear Silence Thieves
Bitrate: 257kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Caroline
Genre: Rock
Size: 81.75 megs
PlayTime: 0h 42min 19sec total
Rip Date: 2016-05-07
Store Date: 2015-05-29

Track List:
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01. Backbite                         3:52
02. Pop Collar Jockey                4:23
03. Fetch Your Spade                 3:52
04. Hold on                          5:03
05. Taking Changes                   3:02
06. Windmills and the Sea            4:13
07. Only an Ocean (Reprise)          4:07
08. Your War                         5:47
09. Feels Like Home                  3:27
10. Madison Lane                     4:33

Release Notes:
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Blues rock powerhouse Dan Patlansky delivers an album with Dear Silence Thieves
which checks off the two most important of the blues rock prerequisites: a
balance between powerful emotional guitar work, and intelligent and well-crafted
songwriting. DanÆs guitar skills are prodigious but they are here to not to
overwhelm the listener with pyrotechnics, but are used to support a series of
songs that simply leave you waiting for whatÆs next.

ôBackbiteö kicks things off. This one is a rhythm guitar workout, which should
please everyone with a need to rock. ôPop Collar Jockeyö starts out with a
ponderous bass drum beat under a twangy guitar line that sets a sort of ominous
tone for the song. The pace of the song never picks up but Dan masterfully
ratchets the tension up and down with his guitar playing throughout the song.
ôFetch Your Spadeö picks the pace back up and delivers a head nodding good time.
ôHold Onö is a brilliant slow song filled with emotion, finesse, and an
excellent solo that eventually weaves in and out with the repeated chorus to
close the song out.

ôWindmills and the Seaö is a mostly acoustic guitar piece that floats along. Dan
uses some beautifully understated guitar playing that perfectly supports the
lyrics in a way that you can picture yourself walking along the coast. After
that is the excellent ôOnly an Oceanö from his previous 2006 release Real, which
gets reprised with a much more intense clean and clear guitar tone and a little
more urgency in the rhythm that lends it a slightly more upbeat feel than the
original. Things get dark and gritty again with ôYour War,ö but the mood quickly
changes with ôFeels Like Homeö where you wonÆt be able to help but stomp your
foot along to the beat as Dan pulls some studio effect pedal magic in the middle
that makes it sound like heÆs ripping off arpeggios on a dozen different guitars
one after another. ôMadison Laneö closes the album out with a rolling acoustic
line that strays from the grittier rock sound on the rest of the album. ItÆs
much more upbeat and happy song and pairs nicely with ôWindmills and the Seaö to
counter the harder rock sounds of the rest of this album.

After over a decade of making albums for us, DanÆs seventh album continues to
deliver the goods that have made him the premier blues rock guitar player in
South Africa if not one of the top in the world. Balanced between well written
songs and his excellent guitar playing, we are treated to another top notch
album with Dear Silence Thieves.

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