ARTIST: AM Syndicate
TITLE: Empire
LABEL: Sickroom Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 208kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 38m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-02-06
RIP DATE: 2006-02-07
Track List
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1. Blind Pedestrian Crossing 1:50
2. Kicking A Sailor In The Teeth 5:22
3. Hear! Hear! 4:09
4. Textura Aspero 6:09
5. Obey Thou Trembling Creature 2:44
6. Ode To The Office Goat 5:37
7. Those Who Wave Flags 2:12
8. Democracy For The World 7:38
9. Love Dumpster 2:21
Release Notes:
http://www.amsyndicate.com/
http://www.sickroomrecords.com
Somewhere, in the depths of the Mojave Desert , there exists a ghost town.
Almost all of the buildings that line the lonely main street have long been
boarded up and deserted. Hardly any sign of life is visible, save one peculiar
oddity. An eccentric old woman, a retired film actress from ages past, still
occupies the town's dilapidated theater. She has fashioned a menagerie of
life-sized puppets. Each day, she creates an elaborate, mythical performance for
anyone who happens to pass by. Sometimes, there is no audience, yet the show
still goes on. Isolation has driven her to the brink of insanity. Her heart lies
in the place where fantasy and reality mingle.
AM Syndicate, a troupe of eight from Austin, Texas, could perhaps be the band to
provide the soundtrack for one of these fanciful performances. Their open song
structures create a feeling that evokes the dry, exotic vistas one might find in
a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel; a land where the wind kicks up violent swirls of
dust, a place where bands of ethereal, perhaps dangerous nomads appear as dots
on the horizon.
Varied influences, tinkling middle-eastern melodies, gypsy-like strings,
contemporary rock and electronica, tribal drum beats, and elements inspired by
the great American west, all combine to form a sweeping soundscape that is rich
and colorful, yet at the same time desolate and intriguing.
AM Syndicate includes members of Rhythm of Black Lines, Knife in the Water, the
Innocents, the Rise, and the current bassist for And You Will Know Us by the
Trail of the Dead.