The Slow Signal Fade -
Through The Opaque Air (CD)
Sound: C Music:
C
This band feels like gentle prog-rock, with a smooth
female lead vocal. I guess you could summarize it as Peach (Tool bassist
Justin Chancellor’s previous band) meets The Cranberries. That’s not to
say it’s very good, in all honesty. There were parts of the music that I
felt were decent, but things were buried way too much beneath layers of
repetitive guitar. Like both of the forementioned bands, this one has the
tendency to get monotonous. All the songs here are long, each over four
minutes, and they bleed into one another like one continuous song. There
were many times when I was frustrated to no end with the droning guitar that
wouldn’t die.
The PCM CD 2.0 Stereo sound itself isn’t that great - it
either wasn’t recorded that well, mixed that well, or both. More effort
after the tracks had been laid down might’ve helped this album go
further. As it is, things sound pretty flat, with no real depth or energy
to propel these dismal songs. If the
idea was to go the low-fidelity Punk route with this style of music, it did not
work.
I wouldn’t recommend this album very highly, it’s average
all the way through, but it you’re interested in picking up a copy, you can
check the band’s web page at www.theslowsignalfade.com
- this album was released by Stroll Music.
- David Milchick
