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Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
- Coheed and Cambria get called a great many things, like emo and progressive, but first and foremost they are rock musicians. They have created a light, buoyant sound of rock that is fast paced, and increasingly complicated at points, but is at the same time accessible. One element that is of note is lead singer Claudio’s voice. He sings better than Getty Lee of Rush, and the truth is one can hear a lot of Rush influence in the music. It is certainly progressive, and many of the songs clear four or five minutes.
Many of the songs did not hit the radio. The ones that did get radio play tend to be more like two or three minutes long. This is a shame because it will lessen a casual listener's experience. The longer songs are just as audience friendly. Even more so, because rather than a repetitive verse-bridge-chorus song structure, these songs may contain four or five parts that are totally different. There are no choruses, simply verses to different tunes. That is a new riff every minute. There is a danger here of losing musical perspective, and letting the songs drift off from a central musical idea, but C&C avoid that problem successfully on this album. On a downside, Claudio’s lyrics can be cheesy and nonsensical sometimes, but no one cares what you’re singing when you sound like Rush.
Reviewer: Josh Brachfeld
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Added: 25-Jun-2009
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