The Concept Album:
The Globe - August 26th

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The Globe
Out Into The Wild
On Our Way Home
Climb On My Back
Black Hole
Ropes
The Sun Is Alive
Goddamn You!
The Worlds Worst Birthday Gift
Aging Gracefully
The Axiom
Pay It Back
Open Up Your Eyes

"Underground Artist of the Year 2007" – Spin Magazine

"Band of the Year - 2008!" - Real Detroit Weekly

"Vocal harmonies punctuate cascading melodic hooks. Intertwining inspirations from Wilco, Radiohead and Elliott Smith, the band crafts a sound that is scientific, yet artful." 
Detroit Free Press

Straight out of Detroit rock city, The Silent Years are proud to announce the upcoming release of their forthcoming album The Globe, set for release on August 26th. The band has been in the studio throughout the harsh Detroit winter of 2007, making the final touches on The Globe with none other than Chris Coady (!!!, TV On The Radio, Grizzly Bear, Architecture in Helsinki, Blonde Redhead) on their forthcoming album due out August 26th 2008. Critically acclaimed by the press and having been compared to and equally inspired by, artists such as Elliot Smith, Tim Buckley, Flaming Lips and Sunny Day Real Estate; they combine simple and sweet melodies with sharp and powerful bursts of emotion via instrument and vox; leaving even the most stoic of listeners with goose bumps and a smile. 
Allow yourself to be taken into the weird and wondrous world created by The Silent Years, a very special band indeed.

A band so special that they have invited other young talent to collaborate on their vision, combining sonic and visual art to create one fully realized representation of the band's concept for The Globe. At least six videos will be premiered, the first being next week. More on that to come soon...

 

The Globe is a collection of songs which reflect on humanity and the human experience itself. Through varying tales which shift focus from the minute (On Our Way Home) to the abstract (The Axiom) and gradually expand to the universal (The Sun Is Alive).  Some tales are told through metaphor (World's Worst Birthday Gift) and others are told through personification (Magic Ropes).  The most fascinating part about writing this record came late in the process when the band realized they had approached all of the songs from a very set point of view--but that point of view was intentionally shifting--the songs are more open to interpretation and actually work as a whole in many various contexts.  For example, "Magic Ropes" is a song about transience: "There are no magic ropes to keep you here, my dear...Everything moves faster than you'd think".  “We realized that if taken out of context, one might read these lines as being about lost love.  But the beauty of the universe is that lost love is the same as loss of environment, or loss of memory” says Josh Epstein, the bands lead man and main songwriter. The Globe was chosen as the title because it serves as a very perfect symbol of scale being an integral part of our definitions of self and reality.

“(The Silent Years) straddle the line between indie rock and pop, with soaring melodies, precise guitar work and Josh Epstein's vocals (think a less anguished Gary Puckett, if you remember the '60s) folded into distinctly modern arrangements"-LA Times

"One of 10 bands out of 1,000 you should see at CMJ this year" -New York Times

"The most engaging rock show we've ever seen. This band must be caught in an intimate setting while you still can." - Static Magazine

 

"The Silent Years seem to balance traditional pop-rock influences like the Beatles with some guitar-years Radiohead, poppy Sonic Youth and Wilco elements that make them more than a rehash of years past. The result is upbeat indie rock with old-school melodies and modern embellishments. " - Real Detroit Weekly
 

And as a prelude to The Globe's release, The Silent Years have generously offered up their debut self-titled release for FREE. Yes, that's right, free!

 

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“…astute pop craftsmen who should have enough tricks up their sleeves to last beyond a group's initial burst of creativity.”- Pitchfork - 7.3