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When Dashboard Confessional released 'Dusk And Summer' last year I was
quite happy with the result but was slightly dissapointed at the same
time in finding that the bonus track on the album was my favourite track
out of the whole album, I then went and saw Dashboard Confessional at
Reading Festival the same year and was really impressed with the performance
despite the heaviness of the bass that was really messing with my hearing.
When I heard the band were working on their fifth studio album 'The Shade
Of Poison Trees' and that it was going to be more stripped down and back
to the acoustic sound of previous Dashboard Confessional material I was
pretty excited, and now the album is finally here and it is even better
than I expected.
'The Shade Of Poison Trees' is 12 tracks long and the majority of the
songs are pretty outstanding with only the last few tracks sounding like
fillers. The album starts off with 'Where There's Gold' which display
some stunning heavy acoustic guitar work, the song takes a long time to
build up to the outstanding chorus where Chris Carrabba's vocals are on
top form.
My Space seems to be taking over the world these days and seems to be
the best place for musicians to get their music out to the world and that’s
exactly where Dashboard Confessional previewed their new material with
the bands current single 'Thick As Thieves' appearing on the bands myspace
some two months ago. 'Thick As Thieves' is one of the strongest tracks
on the album, the acoustic guitars are a little more toned down here but
Chris Carrabba's vocals really do make this song, especially during the
impressive chorus.
To be honest the first five tracks on this album are worthy of being released
as singles as they are all outstanding songs especially 'Fever Dreams'
which happens to be my favourite song on the album. The song features
some gentle synth sounds, bouncy acoustic guitar sounds and extremely
melodic vocals that stands out the most on the album.
The album title track 'The Shade OF Poison Trees' sounds like a classic
Chris Carrabba signature song and is the most stripped down song on the
album with the way that it is extremely slow in both vocals and instrumental
work.
'The Rush' and 'Little Bombs' are both outstanding songs that are really
‘up tempo’ and quite catchy and are bound to be favourite
amongst fans of the band.
The album does tend to get a bit boring towards the end with songs such
as 'Clean Breaks' and the album closer 'The Windows Peak' being quite
boring where nothing stands out and nothing about the songs make you want
to listen to them over and over again.
Overall 'The Shade Of Poison Trees' is a welcome return to the old school
sounding Dashboard Confessional, the bands fans are going to more than
welcome the return to sound and anyone who loves a bit of acoustic music
should really check out this album.
Albums like this really do show why Dashboard Confessional are a really
important band in the music scene and how talented the band are especially
frontman Chris Carrabba. 'The Shade OF Poison Trees' is one of my favourite
albums of 2007, need I say anymore.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Chris Carrabba (Guitar)
Scott Schoenbeck (Bass)
John Lefler (Guitar)
Mike Marsh (Drums) |
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1. Where There's Gold
2. Thick As Thieves
3. Keep Watch For Mines
4. These Bones
5. Fever Dreams
6. Shade Of Poison Trees
7. Rush
8. Little Bombs
9. I Light My Own Fires Now
10. Matters Of Blood And Connection
11. Clean Breaks
12. Widow's Peak |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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