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Rating: The latest album, the commendable "In Search Of Solid Ground," dates back to 2009. Subsequently, the band, following the split with singer Cove Reber, has been searching, so far unsuccessfully, for a new official vocalist, even though the press occasionally credited this or that singer.
Tillian Parson, with whom the band also recorded an interesting demo this year (Promises), seemed to be the chosen one, barring any denials regarding his entry as an official member of the band. Although he declared himself a big fan and friend of the band and expressed a desire to play with them.
A third album of new material has been talked about for some time, although the feeling is that if it were to see the light of day, it would still be some time.
Taking advantage of this stalemate, what better occasion to rewind the tape and talk about the first and beloved by fans EP "Translating The Name."
Released at a time when third-wave emocore was gaining ground in the States and with a lineup different from the current one, with only Justin Shekoski and Beau Burchell still part of the current line-up, and Anthony Green (now with Circa Survive) behind the microphone, this quick EP is a good instant snapshot of the genre's health in 2003.
The first four tracks are on the same level, making it difficult to choose one that stands out above the others.
The not yet overused formula at the time was to create sound contrasts within the same track, combining sweet and dreamy verses (a peculiarity of the band found also in the 2 subsequent LPs, despite the genre change that occurred since the s/t) with abrupt emotional turns in the choruses.
In the updated version, we also find "Mookies Last Christmas" and the acoustic versions of "Third Measurement In C" and "Seven Years," here stripped of the electric emphasis that characterizes the originals.
A quick work that still conceals quality, which paved the way for the career of the five from Newport Beach.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Seven Years (03:12)
taking on seven years that the holy ghost had left alone
test my arms, kick like crazy, I've been trying way too long,
if he could only push his way off and fight you
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm not sure
Getting this off my chest, the story ends.
I would find a way without
Tell him his eyes see too clear
I would find a way without you
Tell him his eyes see too clear
That mistakes were golden and life
without you, is something that I could never do
that was right, staple the eyes and seven dates for me to
sell machines and tear on
seven years, you assured me that I'd be fine if I complied
if he could only push his way off and fight you,
Now I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm not sure
Getting this off my chest, the story ends.
I would find a way without
Tell him his eyes see too clear
I would find a way without you
Tell him his eyes see too clear
That mistakes were golden and life
without you, is something that I could never do
that was right, .... for me to
sell machines and tear on
don't treat me I'm to blame (I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm not sure)
don't treat me like I ever accused you (Tell him his eyes see too clear) [x6]
02 Translating the Name (03:26)
Oh start, send me grieves and before breathing
I have your voice on tape in a southern accent screaming at me
I was only one and we weren’t prepared for one (before dreaming)
I have your voice on tape in a southern accent screaming at me
Know things look lovely to you
Holding back, now and forever sweetheart
know things look lovely
lonely boy, it’s midnight and I’ll deny
You were walking so peculiar (still so deadly)like you had something to hide
Sweet penance for a sound - it might explode in our hands
Bordered in a brown pigmentation ahh
Where the element guards cut short, turned in and stopped
I've been watching rose giving in and I wish that I could Taper away so
I've been watching rose give in to it severing the ties between mother and son
Know things look lovely to you
Holding back, now and forever sweetheart
know things look lovely
hoping for midnight and I deny
You were walking so peculiar like you (still so deadly) had something to hide
Sweet penance for a sound - it might explode in our hands (it might explode)
oh, I once saw many place the end, I promised the world and a dozen roses.
03 3rd Measurement in C (02:38)
taken back overdone
free a safety
souvenirs out of style
(right in front and right on)
you do it so I’ll be mad
you’ll be gone
enough said about you been golden
in my veins
tango with daddy means separate only
smile my only rites of passage
only you mark my words
(upon the stage you get on)
to get engaged in california
enough said about you been golden
in my veins
tango with daddy means separate only
smile my only rites of passage
don’t say that I’m the one you want to lose (x4)
04 Lost Symphonies (02:55)
To install the notion that I divided by I
replace the occasion to speak
I'm not the only lonely boy...
Until I decide to take my watch off, I'll still believe that we
we're just a matter of time, still getting older everyday
(shout for shout sake)
Siren siren, don't do this dance in my ear,
In fact I've already lost him once
I do a deadly dance and all I've asked for so little
I've already lost him
If I decide to sever the plates below
the shore would separate and find only seven placed again.
Until I decide to take my watch off, I'll still believe that we
we're just a matter of time, still getting older everyday
(shout for shout sake)
Siren siren, don't do this dance in my ear,
In fact I've already lost him once
I do a deadly dance and all I've asked for so little
In fact I've already lost him
before commemorating I hope you still believe
before commemorating ten feet tall and seperate the bow
before commemorating I hope you still believe
before commemorating ten feet tall and seperate the bow
before commemorating I hope you still believe
(if i decide to sever the plates below, the shore would seperate and find only seven plates again oh i hope you still believe)
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