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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence

Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence Audio CD

A fair review of the Glassjaw "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Glassjaw reviews here, or go back to the Glassjaw tabs.

Band: Glassjaw
Title: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence
Rating:

Release Date: 2008-06-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Pretty Lush 2: Siberian Kiss 3: When One Eight Becomes Two Zeros 4: Ry Ry's Song 5: Lovebites and Razorlines 6: Hurting and Shoving (She Should Have Let Me Sleep) 7: Majour 8: Her Middle Name Was Boom 9: Piano 10: Babe 11: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence 12: Hotel of the White Locust

GJ
However, if you want to argue your case and influence the reader, I would stop comparing them to other bands. I read some of the bad reviews on here and I can't, by any means, say that you are wrong. "YEAH LED ZEP, SLAYER, TOOL, DEFTONES. . . THOSE ARE WAY BETTER, GLASSJAW IS A RIP. "

Instead of posting incoherent, ignorant comments that do nothing but tell the reader what kind of music YOU personally enjoy, you could simply state that the music wasn't for you and that you don't suggest it.

Anyway. . . I suggest Glassjaw to anyone. Their songs are catchy, but don't necessarily have a mainstream sound to them. Song structure is great and the songs just, well, make a lot of sense to me both sound-wise and lyrical-wise. I just love this band. The first time I heard them, I was hooked. I highly recommend this album and the rest of their releases. Talented people making great music. . . you can't go wrong. .

As real as it gets...
These kids nowadays have no idea what angst music is really like (see Alice in Chains and early Nirvana). First off, let me state that as a 28-year old guy, I'm in no way a fan of whiny, wimpy, poppy "emo" music.

With that being said, after 7 1/2 years, I absolutely LOVE Glassjaw's first CD. I bought it back in July 2000 after seeing them open for Deftones at the Tabernacle here in Atlanta. Now, being a Deftones fan since 1995, back when they released Adrenaline (my ultimate teen angst CD, by the way), I was used to loud, screamy performances. However, I was absolutely floored by the lead singer's performance; it was jaw-droppingly intense and you could just tell he was letting out a lot of personal demons. The mostly high-school age crowd (almost all of which were new Deftones fans because of "Change") didn't know what to make of them, and there were quite a few boos. I, however, knew otherwise. . .

Which brings me back to the point of this review. This CD was released 8 years ago, and it's still 10 years ahead of its time. Not many singers have ever had the courage of Daryl Palumbo to absolutely wear his emotions on his sleeve and exorcise all of his inner demons (Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley are two others, R. I. P. ). This CD, while quite brutal and violent in its lyrical content, can be related to by any guy who's been screwed over by a girl, any girl who's been screwed over by a guy, or anybody who's been screwed over by a close friend.

This, simply, is quite possibly the REALEST CD I've ever heard, and that includes classic hip-hop CDs from artists like Tupac and Scarface. It doesn't get much better than this, kids.

EYEWTKAGJ
The first few listens are hard to digest. This album is one of those that will grow on you. But after listening to it multiple times it starts to grow on you more and more. Before you know it, this album is on all the time. Not everyone will like it, and that is okay, but this is GlassJAw at their finest. Every song has so much intensity which makes this album completely timeless!! I don't think Ross Robinson or GlassJAw had any idea of the monster they were making!! This album has a cult following when it comes to the fans!! If you are looking for something new and awkward, check this out!! If you like Deftones, At The Drive-In, Refused, Snapcase, The Bled, Finch or Every Time I Die then feel free to check this out!!.

I am a woman and i love this cd!
The lyrics are oh so demeaning towards women, but i love it and i am a woman. This album is absolutley amazing! I love every song from beginning to end and i am a "death" metal head. You can just feel the pure emotion of the singers voice blasting through your speakers. i know what it is like to have your heart broken. . . . and he explained it very well, whether him talking about beating up his gf or whatever, or "this is what its like to be alone" its awesome. . . if you like pure agression you have to buy this album!.

Even more influential in hindsight...
Only where other mega-producers obsess over filtering the "junk" from their mixes, Robinson works overtime to keep every bit of crud in place. Like any big-time rock producer, Ross Robinson (At the Drive-in, From First To Last) has a few trademarks that make his work instantly recognizable. Take, for example, his work on "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Silence. " Throughout the album, Robinson captures every stray noise the band members throw at him: the dry sizzling of patch cords and amps; the thwacking of drum heads; the shrieking of overextended vocal takes. Cripes, in the verses of "Siberian Kiss," you can actually hear the spit flying as frontman Daryl Palumbo alternately sings and growls his lungs out. Which isn't to say Palumbo and his bandmates can't be melodic -- or even sensitive. "Ry Ry's Song" has the band sounding like Bad Brains gone emo, while the disc's opener, "Pretty Lush," slides a Quicksand-like blend of harmony and discord over a warm, rubbery bass line. Even more striking is "When One Eight Becomes Two Zeros," in which guitarists Justin Beck and Todd Weinstock leap from heavily distorted breaks into spacious, dub-influenced jams. Listening to "Silence"'s powerful, emotional and generally cliche-free tracks, you understand why Ross Robinson took to hyping GlassJaw as "the new, post-millennial destroyers of Adidas rock. " Without albums like this -- and the influence they'd have on today's post-hardcore superstars -- the producer only would've been remembered for his old "Adidas-rock" clients.

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