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Few have noticed South! Here I am to claim what I have strongly detested on other occasions. Is it possible that NME, always ready to get excited about every young English rock band, hasn't slapped a stunning label on the group? Is it possible that MTV, so keen to find the new Radiohead everywhere, has shown such reluctance to air their videos even in the nighttime schedule? Produced and discovered by James Lavelle, the mind behind the U.N.K.L.E. project with DJ Shadow, young and talented but above all capable of producing a solid debut album, perhaps South deserved more attention. “From Here On In” is an enjoyable collection of pop-rock songs that is as much the offspring of the Manchester baggy scene's influence, especially Stone Roses and Charlatans, as it is of an innate skill in composing evocative acoustic songs. For a particular ability to embellish the work with delightful musical ideas, see the driving bass in "Paint The Silence" or the splendid slide-guitar in "I Know What You’re Like", South resemble Gomez. The DJ-producer's touch stands out in the instrumental tracks of the album, think of the Beastie Boys not rapping and the Chemical Brothers of "Let Forever Be", while the ease with which the three wield their instruments results in captivating ballads like "Keep Close" and "Run On Time", melodic connection points between the Beatles and the more inspired Oasis. That South's debut has gone almost unnoticed isn't so bad after all. Owning and appreciating "From Here On In" is like having an old family heirloom at home, something anyone else would throw in the cellar, any junk dealer would value at two pennies, but which holds priceless value for us.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 Paint the Silence (05:53)
How can you say your life is empty
So late in the day
Why would you stay another second
Now your sight got in the way
A combination
Of love and aggression
Another second lived
Don't paint the silence black now save me
Don't leave it a day
You got a right to stand or die so maybe
You take chances all the same
Pain comes in stages
If we dont make it
Nothing changes
Now the violence sleeps inside
Abandon feeling for just a piece of mind
It's the reason why your teething side frustrates me
Now the violence sleeps inside
Abandon feeling for just a piece of mind
It's the reason why your teething side irates me
Dont leave me to pick up on your questions
Not even a day
It's alright to finish up your sentence
You talk all the same
Pain comes in stages if we don't make it
Nothing changes
Now the violence sleeps inside
Abandon feeling for just a piece of mind
It's the reason why your teething side frustrates me
Now the violence sleeps inside
Abandon feeling for just a piece of mind
It's the reason why your teething side irates me
Now the violence sleeps inside
Abandon feeling for just a piece of mind
It's the reason why your teething side frustrates me
Now the violence sleeps inside
Abandon feeling for just a piece of mind
It's the reason why your teething side irates me
04 I Know What You're Like (03:42)
I know what you're like
The silence takes my time
I see you in black and white
I know what you're like
Everything will come down to time
will come down to time
Everyone will come down in time
will come down in time
I know what you're like
The silence takes my time
I see you in black and white
I know what you're like
Everything will come down to time
will come down to time
Everyone will come down in time
will come down in time
05 All In for Nothing (reprise) (03:52)
Take your side, explain your rights
Breathe life in silent types
You might not
Breathe life in silent types
You might not
Get the chance
To take it second time around
Your future in this town
Has suffered even now
You breathe it all in for nothing I bet
Searching wide spaces for something my friend
Take your side, explain your rights
Breathe life in silent types
You might not
Breathe life in silent types
You might not
Get the chance
To take it second time around
Your future in this town
Has suffered even now
You breathe it all in for nothing I bet
Searching wide spaces for something my friend
You breathe it all in for nothing I bet
Searching wide spaces for something my friend
I stole your chances
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"'From Here On In' didn’t get the success it deserved due to strange twists of fate."
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