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God Fires Man - A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun
Posted by Laila Hanson on 29-May-08 @ 12:15 PM

[3/5]
New York City has become a somewhat inhospitable place for bands during the past 10 years, and surely the members of God Fires Man can remember more vibrant times there. Perhaps that's why they toured the U.K. after releasing their first EP last year instead of making the good ol' U.S.A. their proving ground. Nonetheless, Arthur Shepherd (ex-Errortype:11/Instruction), Joseph Grillo (ex-Garrison/Gay For Johnny Depp), Drew Thomas (ex-Into Another/Walking Concert) and John Wilkinson are ready to put their whole foot forward-and man, do they have a loud foot. Taking cues from Muse and subtle instruction from Smashing Pumpkins, A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun is relentless in its quest to suffocate you with melody and fuzz. In a whirlwind of guitar-driven melodrama, their first full-length pairs substantive lyrical content with over-the-top, often howling instrumentation; the result sounds studio-huge and skillfully crafted, if not occasionally overstated or too classically "alterna." (Even the ubiquitous shoegaze feel on this record can't stop some of these vocals from sounding like a Puddle Of Creed.) Produced by Ethan Dussault (Cave In) and Brian Virtue (Deftones), Balconies contains some moments of surprising and unfortunate anonymity, but still zigs and zags with enough precision to clown most other rock bands. (IN DE GOOT) Ronen Kauffman

ROCKS LIKE:
Muse's Absolution
Instruction's God Doesn't Care
My Bloody Valentine's Loveless


Official Website: http://www.indegootrecordings.com


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