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Artist: The Spill Canvas
Album: Realities
Label: Sire Records
Playtime: 17:12 min
Genre: Rock
URL: http://www.thespillcanvas.com
Rip date: 2010-04-23
Street date: 2010-04-13
Size: 29.59 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 228 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Rather than releas ing a new full-length, The Spill Canvas opted to record
songs for a pair of EPs in 2010. And when Abnormalities came out on January
12, this method seemed to fit them. The EP was a three-pronged mas ter piece,
fea tur ing pos si bly the most engag ing rock music that the group had ever
recorded. Three months later, how¡ever, the band is releas ing the sec ond
EP, enti tled Realities. But if this is ôreal ityö - the nor mal twin
brother, as opposed to Abnormalities - then I want the crazy brother back.
ThatÆs not to say that Realities fails as a col lec tion of songs. It
doesnÆt. Each song dis¡plays a dif fer ent side of The Spill Canvas; how
ever, none of the tracks reach the level of the three songs on Abnormalities
or most of the tracks on 2007Æs No Really, IÆm Fine. They sim ply donÆt have
enough panache. Single and lead off track ôOur Songö grabs the lis tener with
a sim plis tic melody over cho rus lyrics of ôweÆll never be strangers kiss
ing in the pour ing rain/ chas ing after your leav ing train/ but we know
thatÆs not how our song goes.ö It isnÆt half bad, but itÆs only half good.
Kinda like that glass peo ple are always talk ing about.
Invoking StingÆs ôDesert Roseö with a rock side makes for an inter est ing
intro to ôDust Storm,ö but it never truly gets going, set tling for a
less-than-climactic cho rus and solo and a bland fade-out at the end. The
Spill Canvas brag on ôLet Goö howÆre theyÆre ônot with that crazy woman any
more,ö but yet again, it may have been the crazy that made them good. The
song is part 70Æs rock, part Christmas bells, but yet again, it is only a
4-star track. Likewise with ô10,000 Midnights,ö which fea tures the EPÆs best
melodies but never makes the lis tener say ôhey, I want to hear that song a
hun dred more times.ö LetÆs just hope that for their next full-length, The
Spill Canvas reach back towards their crazy, abnor mal side a lit tle bit
more.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Our Song ( 3:43)
02. Dust Storm ( 3:22)
03. Let Go ( 3:10)
04. 10,000 Memories ( 3:41)
05. Crash Course ( 3:16)
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