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:: Release Info:
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:: Artist......> The Offering
:: Title.......> Self Titled
:: Label.......> Self Released
:: Genre.......> Indie
:: Rip.Date....> Jul-03-2006
:: Street.Date.> 000-00-0000
:: Source......> CDDA
:: Quality.....> VBRkbps - Joint-Stereo
:: Play Time...> 26:07 min
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:: Track Listing:
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:: 01. To Die at the Foot of the Koto Drum
:: 02. Like the Day You Stole the Color form Our Eyes
:: 03. 68-150
:: 04. Temperature Flight
:: 05. The Nerve of the Ocean's Shore
:: 06. Real Time
:: 07. Something You Can't Hold
:: 08. Return Uncertain
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:: Release Notes:
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:: Frederickburg's The Offering have four songs to stream from their
:: myspace from their current album. I think one listen to 'Return
:: Uncertain' could have you hooked if an infusion of Psychocandy's
:: noise distorted soul with Joy DivisionÆs intangible crisis ridden
:: torment sounds appealing to you.
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:: I've often read about the way the peaks of Psychocandy's noise
:: sometimes reflects the deepest troughs of inward looking personal
:: torment or isolation, particularly in the track 'Something's
:: Wrong'. The peaks of noise in The Offering I think reflect
:: something more universal. They have mentioned in interviews
:: before about how their music sounds like "terrorism", and when I
:: hear 'Return Uncertain', 'Something You Can't Hold', or 'Like The
:: Day You Stole The Color From Our Eyes', it sounds to me like an
:: unleashed torment of terrorism, a torment which surrounds all and
:: is inescapable.
::
:: As ever, what's most important with the noise is that it
:: maintains a balance with the melody and never destroys it, and I
:: think The Offering just about keep to that balance, although
:: sometimes taking it dangerously close to the edge, which is
:: perhaps their greatest appeal. They also have a video to 'Like
:: The Day You Stole The Color From Our Eyes' which is well worth
:: the visit, and if you like what you hear enough, you can order
:: their album from their myspace.
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:: http://www.myspace.com/theoffering
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:: Buy it if you like it!!
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