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let it rest by sorry about dresden
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Remember what I said about a bunch of reviews? I meant it. Here's one. There will be more. The Like Young's review is before this. Many concert reviews coming up soon, check it out |||HERE|||. 7.5 There is a revolution occuring in Omaha. Saddle Creek is perhaps the greatest record company to influence this musical world since Motown, and I say that with all joking aside. Spawning artists like Cursive, Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley and Azure Ray, we've all seen critics spread these bands with more glory than probably deserved, especially here at Indie-Snob. Here, we see one of Saddle Creek's lesser known artists, Sorry About Dresden, who will accompany Bright Eyes on a small chunk of their tour, which is currently passing through the southern United States. "The Convenience of Indecision," Sorry About Dresden's second full length, was a wonderful work of temperamental art, raging emoticons of angry prep-school kids. Today, "Let it Rest" comes as more melodic, less spacey but more poppy version of the band. I initially shunned this album as being only mediocre and a little too poppy for their own good, but upon several listenings, this album builds into something much more immense, with really wonderful guitar and beautiful lyrics. One of my favorite songs is "When You Cared," a track that is layered with so much beautiful, subtle texture, it mounts into really a magnificent piece. The vocals on this album fall somewhere between brit-pop masters and derranged punk revivalists. Nonetheless, the sensitive, not-quite-emo vocals are layered with that distinct Omaha sound we've grown to love (and a sound more familiar to their home-town, Chapel Hill… we all know that wonderful CH Hardcore sound, too, right?). Spacey. Poppy. All of the above. For those familiar with Saddle Creek history, imagine Lullaby for the Working Class teaming up with Commander Venus to make a record. A good record. A record so full of energy and melody, you want to hate it, but find yourself loving it. "This House Unhomed" is purely great. Perfect guitar and vocals and lyrics and drums all in perfect equilibrium. Definitely one of those gems you can find on almost any album. "Frozen in Mid-Gesture" however, resembles the spacey SabtD that I reminisced about, but obviously have not forgotten. Power, direction and melody resurfaces in "The Approaching Dawn" with its sister song "The Approaching Dusk." "You find yourself someplace that's really no place at all / You can't leave till you confess you stood no chance at all" is a lyric that struck me, off the second-to-last song off the LP, "Relax, It's Tuesday." Perhaps this sums up the attitude of the band and perhaps the entire aura they embody. In a way, it's the best song off the album. I guess I feel that overall, "The Convenience of Indecision" was a better release. Perhaps it was, but one thing remains certain: this Saddle Creek band has not disappointed. "Let it Rest" remains a solid, melodic release, recommended by this snob. A definite contender for 25 top of 2003. Check out if you like: Cursive, Neva Dinova, Lullaby For the Working Class, Commander Venus, the Smiths, the Good Life, the Get Up Kids or even Thursday.
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