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Artist...... Ezra Kire
Album....... Speakers In The Sky
Label....... Anxious and Angry
Genre....... Acoustic
Releasedate 2017-09-05
Encoder..... LAME
Bitrate..... 320kbps
Size........ 75.15 mb
Duration.... 30:52
WWW......... http://play.google.com
.Tracklist .................................................................
01 Everything Is Wardsback [ 3:10]
02 Civilian Song [ 4:16]
03 Love The World We Have [ 5:00]
04 Let It Go [ 4:28]
05 Soldier On [ 2:42]
06 Speakers In The Sky [ 3:09]
07 Artificial End [ 4:32]
08 Corpse's Lullaby [ 3:35]
.Releasenotes ..............................................................
The first time that I heard about the notion of Morning GloryÆs Ezra Kire
completing a solo record was over a year ago when he was featured on an
episode of Ryan YoungÆs Anxious and Angry Podcast. Sure, they played a song
off the album, but it sounded like Ezra had no intention of releasing it.
That episode didnÆt age well in that regard because the eight-track solo
album Speakers In the Sky has finally been released ù through Anxious and
Angry no less.
There was a slight danger that Speakers In The Sky could have been War
Psalms-lite, but if you thought that when the record was originally
announced, then you definitely underestimated Mr. Kire. Speakers In The Sky
is much more piano and vocal-centric than what you find on M-GloryÆs
releases. You can tell Ezra really let loose and did what he, and he alone
wanted to do for this album.
The track ôCivilian Songö is comprised of just an acoustic guitar and piano.
ôEverything Is Wardsbackö is just piano-based. But what makes these songs so
incredible is how Ezra is able to fill every single word that he sings with
so much feeling. His lows are gravely and his highs are anthemic. And the way
he is able to go back and forth between the two is not only amazing, but that
skill adds so much to each track on the LP.
Ezra clearly likes to have his songs start soft and build up to a big finish.
ôLove The World We Haveö starts out with Kire singing over a lightly-played
piano. Then the rhythm picks up a bit and that is when the distorted noise
comes in which is what eventually leads in to massive guitars and drums
joining in while the EzraÆs vocals soar off. This same kind of build up
happens between ôSoldier Onö and the title track. ôSoldier Onö is once again
Ezra singing over a piano, but this time there are some very beautiful vocal
harmonies incorporated into it. While ôSpeakers In The Skyö is much more
intense than ôSoldier On,ö it still maintains the lyrical theme of
ôsolier[ing] on.ö This song is where KireÆs vocals are truly put to work. It
contains some of the most insane screaming melodies youÆll probably ever
hear.
Another track that is absolutely worth mentioning is ôLet It Go.ö This is
where Kire masterfully infused piano into punk rock and making it sound very
natural and not forced. He mixed all that with some of his signature anthemic
vocals and created one the stand out tracks not just of this record, but
quite possibly his career.
I have said it before and IÆll say it again ù Ezra Kire is one of the most
underrated and talented song writers in the scene. His contribution to his
previous bands, the Morning Glory releases and now Speakers In The Sky is yet
another piece of evidence proving that. The fact that this album may never
have seen the light of day sounds crazy now especially after listening to it.
It would have been a real shame if it didnÆt because it is easily one of the
best records to come out this year. Thankfully, we have it now.
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