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| Silence Nostalgia | Vinny
Records VR-017 |
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band Silence had their last album released on MTM and
really only featured a couple of standout tracks. The rest of the
material struggled to find suitable direction and style and the songs
were just not memorable enough. Still featuring vocalist Jerome Cazard and multi-instrumentalist Bruno Levesque, the band have come back with a much tighter release, this time sticking with the quality European AOR they showed they were at least capable of in a couple of places on the last album. This is very smooth indeed and draws comparison to Street Talk or Urban Tale/Heartplay. Mainly it's just nice to hear AOR without having to reference comparisons to Journey. The heavily accented vocals of Cazard might not be for all, but he does a fine job with the material on hand. Highlights include the opening AOR anthem Stupid Man; the sweet, uptempo Chrome & Glass; Electric Harps for its strong chorus and the moody A Passing Show. One criticism of the last release was the long length of the album – 65 minutes again here, but the increased quality of the songs helps that pass quickly – although an 11 track 55 minute album might have been a little tidier.
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