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ARTIST: Sybris
TITLE: Into The Trees
LABEL: Absolutely Kosher
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 197kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 39m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-05-20
RIP DATE: 2008-05-20
Track List
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1. The Beach 0:53
2. Oh Man! 3:24
3. Safety City 2:12
4. Got Nothing 4:33
5. Burnout Babies 2:38
6. Something About A Darkhorse Or 3:33
Whatever
7. The Mary 2:41
8. Hurt Hawk 1:39
9. Gin Divide Us 2:44
10. Nap King 4:03
11. Olde Tyme E 3:15
12. Saint Veronica 4:29
13. The Beach Is Where The Ocean 3:46
Goes To Die
Release Notes:
Defiantly lo-fi and beholden to the past, by rights Sybris should slot neatly
within the current crop of such retro acts as the Hold Steady. But even though
they exhibit the same nervous energy and juttery rhythms, the Chicago quartet
are just as enthralled with the early indie scene as the post-punk era. And the
differences don\'t stop there, for Sybris\' signature is their misty atmospheres,
evoking the likes of Ride and Slowdive. Into the Trees is wrapped in them, a
gauzy veil that blankets every track within, even \"Old Tyme E\" and \"Saint
Veronica,\" the brightest songs on the set. The former has a svelte \'60s feel,
all excited beats and bouncy guitars, the latter glides from a dreamy pop feel
into a hard rock segment, then soars heavenward on a sea of chimes and drones.
That post-punk drone is prominent throughout the set-diving \"Safety City,\"
\"Something About a Dark Horse or Whatever,\" and \"Gin Divides Us.\" At times, \"The
Mary\"\'s a good example, the guitars aren\'t actually droning, they just sound
that way thanks to the band\'s profligate use of reverb. On that number Sybris
play off the drone against lilting guitar riffs, a juxtaposition that also
defines their sound. \"Mary\" has more than a touch of New Order about it,
elsewhere the Cure, U2, and Siouxsie & the Banshees play an inspirational role,
as does the art-rock scene. The latter is particularly evident in the jumpy
rhythms of \"Burnout Babies\" and \"Gin Divides Us.\" There again, even the band\'s
most downtempo numbers have a nervousness around the rhythms and a tension to
the auras, a jittery feel that vocalist Angela Mullenhour feeds. Varyingly
fragile, tough, sweet, dreamy, and caterwauling, she is the bastard child of
Bj?k and Siouxsie Sioux, more tuneful than the former, more childlike than the
latter, her clear tones sweeping and soaring over this set. From lullabies to
indie rockers, gloomy goth rockers to bright poppers, Into the Trees takes one
deep into a forest of aural delights.
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Formed in 2003 around the talents of Angela Mullenhour (lead vocals), Eric Mahle
(drums), Phil Naumann (guitar), and Shaun Podgurski (bass/vocals), Chicago-based
indie rock quartet Sybris released their eponymous debut on the Flameshovel
label in August 2005 to both critical and commercial acclaim. Sybris\' blend of
melodic mid-\'90s alternative rock and angular lo-fi/experimental pop landed them
on Absolutely Kosher for their 2008 sophomore release, Into the Trees.
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