The Ataris - Welcome the Night
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Artist: The AtarisEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-02-20
Music Label: Sanctuary Records
Soundtracks:
- Not Capable Of Love
- Cardiff-By-the-Sea
- New Years Day
- Secret Handshakes
- The Cheyenne Line
- And We All Become Like SMoke
- Connections Are More Dangerous Than Lies
- Whatever Lies Will Help You Rest
- From The Last, Last Call
- When All Else Fails It Fails
- A Soundtrack For This Rainy Morning
- Begin Again From the Beginning
- Act V, Scene IV: And So It Ends Like It Begins
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Free Music Review: Incredible Release from an old favorite
Hit: 5 Stars
First off, this is very definitely not the same Ataris that wrote "San Dimas High School Football Rules"; I mean, it's the same band, but you wouldn't know it.
Welcome the Night is a phenomenal step forward for the band, both aurally and lyrically. The album employs a much more lush musical landscape, unfamiliar with heavy distortion and power chords. The sound is still rock, but it's much more mellow than previous releases. There are a few radio-friendly tracks that still channel The Ataris of old.
Even those "mainstream" tracks delve much deeper than most of their previous work. "Welcome the Night" is ripe with introspection, regret, and a strong focus on faith. [Lead singer] Kris Roe draws largely on the events in his own life in the past few years, with a sincerity that is hard to feign. The songs are well-written, offering glimpses of their meanings without becoming overly abstract.
"Welcome the Night" is an excellent album, start to finish. Admittedly, it took me a few listens to appreciate their new sound, and a few more to really appreciate the subject matters. But it is one of my favorite albums, and I highly recommend it for anyone who can appreciate honest songwriting and a different sound.
Welcome the Night Poster
Much more than the passage of time has occurred in the four years between the release of The Ataris's So Long Astoria and Welcome the Night: Half of the group left while the two existing members (frontman Kristopher Roe and guitarist John Collura) decided to change their sound considerably. Losing much of their previous punk/pop leanings and gaining an atmospheric hue, Welcome the Night is more of a darkly-lit whole than a series of radio-friendly singles. A Killers-esque vocal style weaves in and out of the disc, most notably on the opening two tracks ("Not Capable of Love," "Cardiff-by-the-Sea") while a handful of other numbers ("Secret Handshakes," "And We All Become Like Smoke") ooze with the affectation of Disintegration-era Cure. The group finds their own engaging sound on a handful of tracks; "Whatever Lies Will Help You Rest" and the uncredited track 15 contain a strong sense of emotional theatre, thanks to frontman Roe's soaring vocals. His gothy, clich?d lyrics, however, are nearly cringeworthy to hear ("I will drown inside the anguish of your heart" from "Act V Scene IV"). The Ataris are in many respects still a young band, showing influences on their sleeve a little too clearly while they search for their own identity. Their overt change in sound may disenfranchise the group from some longtime fans, but it will likely engage more new ones with deeper roots than ever before. --Denise SheppardAlternative Rock Music CDs
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