The Receiving End Of Sirens - 2007 The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi

Band : The Receiving End Of Sirens

Album : The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi

Release Year : 2007

Genre : Post-Hardcore / Progressive / Indie

Tracklist : 

1.) Swallow People Whole
2.) Oubliette (Disappear)
3.) The Crop And The Pest
4.) The Salesman, The Husband, The Lover
5.) Smoke And Mirrors
6.) A Realization Of The Ear
7.) Saturnus
8.) Wanderers
9.) Stay Small
10.) Music Of The Spheres
11.) The Heir Of Empty Breath
12.) Pale Blue Dot

 

The Receiving End of Sirens was a five-piece Rock band based out of Boston, Massachusetts, that is commonly referred to as TREOS for short.

Things start off very slowly on the album, with the opener, Swallow People Hole being a complete bore of track. It’s as if the band’s definition of progression was to just make things slower, add a few more keys, and remove most of the energy from the song. The track feels as if it is building up, with more and more layers of sound being added as the song progresses, but the guitar lead at the very end does not cut it for a final explosion. The Salesman, The Husband, The Love is another fine example of a band’s progression gone wrong. Nothing stands out in the track, instead it blends in as just another one of those “slower” tracks with the generic guitar lead in the chorus, the keys attempting to create an atmosphere in the verses, and weak vocal melodies throughout.

But not every song is just a poor effort at advancement. Some tracks take what the band did right on the previous album, and just add a small new element. Disappear (Oubliette) and Smoke and Mirrors both feel like they could have been on Between The Heart And The Synapse, but the band brings in the more atmospheric sound onto both tracks, giving Smoke and Mirrors a mysterious feel with some heavy guitars in the chorus and a vocal melody that mixes well with the thick atmosphere created by some nifty guitar effects. Disappear (Oubliette) is a quick rocker with a strong usage of the guitar to fill in the empty space instead of the band's common choice to opt for keys instead.

While The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi is not everything that it could have lived up to be, it does have some bright moments. Some songs show incredible potential for the band, while others make it seem as if the band is lost with what it wants to do. Instead of defining progression as just slower songs that are more atmospheric, The Receiving End of Sirens needs an inspired sound that pushes them over the boundaries of their current, mixed sound. 

 

 

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