the silent league - orchestral pop classic or just more of the same

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following the excellent single i managed to get to hear the album today. its gorgeous. mercury rev influence runs through the sonics of course, but without the stuff i find annoying (JD's vocals basically), so has anyone stateside fallen under this bands spell yet ?
http://www.thesilentleague.com/

or has the world moved on from all this swollen instrumentation pop epics ..

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

love it. love it love it.

great album name too.

― cicatrix, Tuesday, 8 February 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

it's pretty. better than hopewell.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

Purchased it back in March and it still hasn't quite taken hold. "Linus" and "Glass Walls" are the standout tracks for me but it doesn't quite develop the weightless sparkle that good orch pop can achieve. I agree the vocals are a good part of the problem, but they're still miles better than Smile.

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

today it's all about this bands cover of ELO's 'cant get it out of my head'. tis a perfect few minutes in so many ways.

i've heard that this will appear on the bands myspace page.

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 17 June 2005 08:49 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

gosh. only me and a couple of others giving this band some love back in 2005.
wonder with the new album in 2007 if things will change ..
seems to be a little more focused, but effectively, the new album is easily a case of if it aint broke ..

― mark e, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

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