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Some Velvet Morning - Silence Will Kill You

June 3rd, 2008

by Bambi Weavil

Some Velvet Morning Silence Will Kill You album cover

Some Velvet Morning

Silence Will Kill You

Official Site: http://www.somevelvetmorning.co.uk

Official MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/somevelvetmorning

I haven’t heard a British rock band sound so good in years and Silence Will Kill You is now one of my favorite albums to date. Meet foot stomping rock n’ roll, music to give you a swift kick in the ass to feel better and addictive indie tunes with power: meet Some Velvet Morning. It’s eleven songs on Silence Will Kill You, of emotionally driven, catchy lyrics that urges you to add your voice and participate in human history. Silence Will Kill You encourages human involvement and there is no excuse to be passive after hearing this record. This is more than just a rock n’ roll album put together to have some fun on a Saturday night, it’s music that wants you to think.

“Let The Good Times Come My Way” starts the march of wanting the good to come, creating some fresh start optimism to get by. I really relate to the up-tempo single “Losing My Mind” because it speaks of freeing personal expression of desires and creativity as a answer to personified chaos. I’d be interested in hearing the song that speaks for itself, “One Day You’ll Love The Things You Hate,” done acoustically. “Pretty Girl” is radio ready, and a unbelievable sure hit - catchy, sexy and upbeat - this is the song that made me want to hear more of Some Velvet Morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBPbDijMyrI

[Some Velvet Morning’s “Losing My Mind” video]

“Stolen Love Song” is bluesy and tender, and it’s a nice change of pace of vulnerability on such a definite rock record. In “Propaganda,” the focus is on the current erosion of freedoms and what it could lead to, and is one of my personal favorites with lyrics: “The close up, the sound bite, / The replay, the gunfight, it’s all propaganda. / The tax cuts and think tanks, / The loopholes, the World Bank. Oh take a look around you, / It’s all propaganda.” This is another song that should be on radio today and will still be very relevant down the line.

“Settle Down” is about wanting to slow down and settle but knowing that you can’t, and followed by a very Pop, U2-ish “The Nightshift” is just gorgeous to hear, about being apart from the one you love. Silence Will Kill You concludes with almost being a refurbished Beatles sound with the mic echo, and I love it: it’s about being different and being heard in “The Madness of Crowds.”

Definitely a must-buy album and needs to be on the radio - they will inspire you, get you dancing, get you to break the silence and get you moving in the right direction.