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Perhaps no one can explain the sheer ferocity and timid quietness it is better than when vocalist Craig Owens says “we don’t want to let the kids down” when discussing the group’s intense vocals live at shows. Well they never let a single kid down with their vicious assault on the ears and grip on the jugular...
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03.09.2007 by J-Sin
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The Bell County Silence — Surgery Buy it at Amazon
Self-releasing their album “Surgery”, The Bell County Silence has a lot of confidence that they will conquer more than just their avid MySpace fanbase. Infatuating melodic post-hardcore floods the album with manic vocals one could compare to Modest Mouse and The Appleseed Cast at a rare interval or two. Loud clanging guitars jangle alongside with frenetic drumming that forges a perfect staccato rhythm with the bass while the vocals bark their way up the tree of hard indie rock starring Hot Water Music straight in the face without flinching. Despite the fact that they’ve been together for three years already this is only a four-song EP, though to give them credit they’ve released a total of three EPs already but a quick read of the bio-sheet almost seems to indicate that this is a collection of a ‘best-of’ from all of those years and you’d hope there’d be more than a small handful of tunes.
- J-Sin
TheBellCountySilence said on 12.30.2006
Thank you, and clarification
J-Sin and Smother -
Thank you so much for reviewing "Surgery" so quickly and positively. It is very much appreciated. We just wanted to clarify that this is not a "best of" album, but rather all new songs written and recorded in the Spring and Summer of 2006. The previous LP and EP's totalled almost thirty songs that we have stopped playing since the new material was written and recorded.
Once again, thank you so much for the feedback.
J-Sin said on 01.06.2007
thanks for the clarification
I guess I read the bio wrong, it sounded like this was old stuff rehashed, regardless it rocked...
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