The Vision of a Dying World
"Skelephone Call From the
Upper East Side" CDEP
Single Screen Records
Genre: indie rock
June 2008 |
Skelephone Call marks the second EP I've encountered from
friendly indie rockers The Vision of a Dying World, and it is
undoubtedly a step up. Right from the drastic opening of
"Darkness,"
replete with urgent guitar chiming and powerful vocal harmonies, this
EP flails along vibrantly. Dense and vaguely country-ish
"Skelephone Call"
also rocks solid, and "Hard All Night" zips along by way of its
jean-creaming riffage. An appropriate Daniel Johnston cover
("Held the Hand") also works to the EP's advantage, although mediocre
"The Sacred Union of Two Young Lovers" would have fared better as a
mid-90s grunge clone b-side. Still, Skelephone Call is a
confident stride forward from this San Diegan quartet, and I have a
feeling the world has yet to see the best from them (assuming it
doesn't die first).
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Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 6 tracks, distributed by
the
label,
released 2008] |