The Echoing Green - The Winter of Our Discontent
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Free Music Review: The Echoing Green's strongest effort to date
Hit: 5 Stars
The Winter of Our Discontent is The Echoing Green's sixth studio album, and it's the group's strongest effort to date. The album combines various sounds and moods (straight-up synthpop, intense uptempo numbers, and downtempo mood pieces); however, the songs sound like they naturally segue seamlessly into each other.
"The Story of Our Lives" is definitely the strongest song on the album. As the song progresses, so does its intensity. At its climax, a soaring soprano vocal provided by Jenna London takes the song to "the next level." The listener literally gets a chilld down their spine when Jenna's voice enters the mix.
"Heidi's Song" is synthpop at its finest. Lead singer Joey Belville demonstrates that he can truly hit some high notes on this one. And in "Blind," Joey shows that he can also hit some impressive low notes.
For me, the one real weak spot on the album is "Bittersweet" (a cover of a song originally done by Velour 100). Musically, the song gets stuck in a rut; also, the music is ultimately what gets stuck in your head rather than the words. It seems that the music draws a little too much attention to itself.
Overall, The Winter of Our Discontent is a very strong album, and it's disappointing to realize that the masses will not get a chance to hear it. It's an album I highly recommend. After one listen, you'll wonder why The Echoing Green hasn't broken through to the mainstream yet.
Free Music Review: Best Yet
Hit: 5 Stars
I was introduced to The Echoing Green on a compilation CD some years back, and thank god for that. This band keeps getting better and better. There aren't many albums (by many artists) that I can sit through and listen to every track without getting bored, but The Winter of Our Discontent has me hooked on every song. Beautiful tones, poetic and meaningful lyrics, and talented vocals. A must have for any fan of electronic music.
Favorite Songs: Apology, Story of Our Lives, and the cover of New Gold Dream.
Free Music Review: What to say?
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite CDs in my entire collection. I absolutely love The Echoing Green, and this may be their best album.
Favorite songs? "Fall Awake", "Blind" and "The Sparrows and the Nightingales"
(note, I have a different version of this album than the one listed)
Free Music Review: synth pop and more
Hit: 4 Stars
great cd from the echoing green. as a depeche mode and iris fan, this was my first echoing green cd and i was impressed. what really surprised me were 2 tracks that could fit right in with an early nine inch nails cd. best tracks are "the story of our lives" and the middle eastern tinged "bittersweet".Free Music Review: Hooray!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a must have for any collection! I highly recommend this album and seeing these guys live.