| If you are like myself, always searching for a sound that pushes the norms or the boundaries, you need to take a listen to the new and improved Greely Estates. The main goal of the band was to be free of genre and past preferences. As assumed, their latest album is a clear example of how they have done so. It is nearly impossible to stick them into one class of music. As each track progresses, they build up to a tremendous sound, and then switch it completely around, only to bring it all crashing down into something totally different. You constantly find yourself on the edge of your seat or thinking - “whoa, that was incredibly amazing.” I love what Greeley Estates have done they have made their music more chaotic or more atmospheric. This new found screaming enhances the music in these two cases, which also happen to be very polar in their own senses. Once again, this is very hard for most bands to do but Greeley Estates pull it off quite well.
Greeley Estates latest effort “Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East” is an outstanding display of clever lyrics and mind blowing technical guitars. There is nothing poppy about this release, which is just the way it was intended. With only thirteen tracks averaging almost 50 minutes in length, this is one album that has aimed to please, and successfully done so. The album opens with a very powerful track, “Blue Morning”, that is best described as a roller coaster of musical talent. If you are looking for long stretches of brilliant guitar work, this is one song on the album you will find yourself listening to over and over again. As I run through my mind trying to find a similar sound from other bands to compare this track to, I fall back on almost nothing. Originality has been created here. The second track off the album “Go West Young Man” is one of my favorites. As expected, the track starts off on a very different direction from the previous track. The song enters with very subtle dark-influenced guitars and with that staple spastic drumming lighting up the background, bring in the electro sound, build it all up, and bring it all down into a powerful ensemble of ear crushing madness.
“Keep The Heat On The Dash” has claimed the spot of my favorite track off the album. Making very little use of vocals, this album is all about the guitar. The band, so to speak, “takes their talent and runs with it.” “Go West Young Man...” is more or less a movie of great musical talent.
~ Wayne
April 10 2008 |
