![]() Il signore degli anelli cast. Dec 20, 2008 - Shudder To Think is easily the most impacting and compelling rock act I've. In a way, 's debut album,, sounds almost as groundbreaking as 's. They were working with a different template for sure, but both bands grafted disparate influences to a strong sense of power pop. Skewed their pop brilliance with grooves, a and (especially) glam bent ('A Vampire's Proposal,' for example), and the theatrics of. Performance track downloads. It was entirely incongruous with the music of the time, the music of the D.C. Hardcore scene that the band emerged from, and especially the grunge that would come to dominate underground music shortly after this record's release. Of course, the group had their contemporaries, particularly in dark outfits like and, and they did bear some resemblance to (albeit minus the ). But songs like the grinding, sugary 'Abysmal Yellow Popcorn Wall' probably resonate most closely with -era. And what a spectacularly contagious influence to return to independent music in 1989! Doesn't reach the feeling of unwavering confidence that's present in, say, or (though it's superior to their sophomore effort, ), but still stretches his idiosyncratic voice on tracks like 'Touch,' and the crunchy guitars on 'Let It Ring' are both ominous and inspiring. With its re-release, appears to hold up better nearly 15 years after its initial release than it did at the time. [Also included on the reissue: the original diamond-in-the-rough 7' -- with a very different 'Abysmal Yellow Popcorn Wall' -- and a previously unreleased version of 'Take the Child'.].
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