So yes, this is another band that followed me
on Twitter, and I followed back. This is a good time to cover them because they
are working on a new album (You, Me, & the Sound, of which the title
track is already available) and have recently announced that they are joining
with an anti-bullying initiative, and so are looking for stories.
The have eight previous tracks available.
According to Spotify 3 are from 2009, and then there was a 5-track release in
2011, The Burning & The Falling Down.
I like the other tracks.
“Descender” is a short piece – less than a minute long – but it is beautifully
written. However, there is something about “The Burning & The Falling Down”
that really grabs a hold of me. It starts with an interesting tempo on the intro,
and it just builds in emotion and passion. Honestly, I feel like I am not
getting the whole of it, like there are references that I’m missing. It feels
like there is a lot to the song.
Actually, in a possibly contrroversial
statement, that I hope no one will take in the wrong way, it kind of reminds me
of what U2 can be like when they stop being pretentious and just rock. You
know, if that happened.
Based just on “You, Me, & the Sound”,
Face the King may be moving in more of a rock direction, as the driving beat is
the first thing that grabs your attention. In many of the older tracks, what
you notice more is the plaintive quality. However, the emotional depth in the
new material is still there, and of course, that’s only one track.
One thing that I love about the site is they
have a player built into the bottom where you can play various tracks, and
navigate through them. That worked very well.
The free download of the new track did not
work well. I tried via both Reverbnation and the email list, and at first I
could not download, and then the file wouldn’t play. The band does sell their
music directly, but The Burning & The Falling Down is available on
Amazon as well.
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