The Open

The Profile

The Open are an English band from Liverpool. The review covers their full-length debut The Silent Hours (2004) and references an earlier EP, Never Enough. Line-up names mentioned in the review include Steven Baylay (voice), Jon Winter (guitar), Scott Holland (drums) and Jim Reynolds (bass). The band's sound is described as dreamlike, shoegaze- and psychedelic-influenced.

Liverpool band; full-length debut The Silent Hours (reviewed 2004); previously released EP Never Enough. Members named in the review: Steven Baylay, Jon Winter, Scott Holland and Jim Reynolds. Alan Dutton credited in the review as the cover designer.

A positive review praises The Open's 2004 debut The Silent Hours as light, dreamlike and steeped in shoegaze/dream-pop and psychedelic guitar textures. The reviewer highlights tracks such as Close My Eyes, Bring Me Down, Lost, Coming Down, Just Want To Live and Elevation. Comparisons are made to The Verve, Cocteau Twins, The Cure and The Chameleons. The album was available as an import at the time of the review.