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The Silent Audibles
Assimilation
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The Assimilation EP from Jersey based rockers "The Silent Audibles" is not without it's glimmer of hope, but when all is said and done, they are telling a story that is going around many a camp fire these days. Right on par with all of the hard rock that is on every appropriately programmed Clear Channel station everyday right now, the group brings powerful tunes and a vocalist with standout talent to the table. Nothing about the disc indicates that they have or haven't played the Whiskey Bar or a full-on arena tour. If they are looking to hang with the big boys, their sound is dead on, they have little to worry about beyond catching the right person's ear.
Track listing:
01 Potential
02 Too Late
03 The Fallen
04 Everything I Owe
05 Tomorrow
06 Two Face
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For me, The Silent Audibles lack the spark that separates them from anyone else trying to catch that same ear. There is nothing about them that sets them apart from all of the other bands that they sound very much like. At times, these songs sound genuine, relatable, and painful, but at other times, they sound like they were playing along with the radio and just kept going on. The melodies soar along with the track and do wonders in a live setting I'm sure. Unfortunately, nothing signifies that this band has a name and that I should wait around to find out what it is.
Another detractor is the half-rap, half-broken beat delivery that finds its way into a number of these songs. Each track suffers from this played trick that does little else than add a few more band names to the "sounds like" list that grows in your head from song to song. The tunes break and make way for the nuance and the connection that was built up is knocked off line. Just as you want to give them a chance to give you something that any other band cannot, the pale ghost of Fred Durst rears his head and the opportunity passes. To their credit, the non-rapped parts sound nothing like a Limp Bizkit song, but the fact does remain that they do sound a lot like plenty of others.
A track like, “Everything I Owe” is a definite step in the right direction for these guys. They put everything on the table and keep the attitude true to what the lyrics want to say. When the song breaks away slightly, it does so to highlight Keith Dittmar’s guitar playing briefly. Fazio’s flow along with the back-and-forth of the chords during the verse are the stuff that makes people keep listening to these same types of bands over and over again. Put that song on “Power whatever whatever FM” or “Rockin’ 104” and it will fit right in. It will probably be requested.
Assimilation is a window that this group needs to find some way to build a house around. They play well together and Fazio's voice is undeniable, there just seems to be a piece of this puzzle missing. In order to introduce themselves as something fresh, the equation would benefit from a little re-tooling. If The Silent Audibles carry their influences under the cuff a little more rather than right on their sleeve, I think they could, eventually, get a lot of attention. Their approach, however, will undoubtedly have to change before that happens.
-Joel Armato 02/10/04
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