D.C. is a city that historically produces some of the most influential bands that feature \u2018ex-members of,\u2019 and it continues to thrive in the area of angular post-punk. Silo Halo is the newest must hear band from our Nation\u2019s capital. Featuring one-time members of Girl Loves Distortion, Victor Victoria, and The Antiques, the trio bonded over their shared affinity for noise-pop, first-wave shoegaze, punk, and the DIY philosophy. Night And The City<\/i> is the first effort from an outfit with a penchant for power and melody.<\/p>\n
The album leads off with \u201cSilhouette,\u201d a short, atmospheric burst that is dark in scope and sets the pace for the moody, tense building to follow. From there, \u201cOut Of Your Fugue\u201d and \u201cWonderful Gift\u201d shimmer with clever guitar hooks and Christin Durham\u2019s sweet vocals trading off verses with either Christopher Goett or Greg Svitil (they both sing on the disc as well). The best track on the disc, \u201cI\u2019m Still Slamming My Had Against A Brick Wall,\u201d is a quick paced rocker with pulsating riffage and a buzzing post-punk hook and is perfectly placed at the midway point, though the following track \u201cWhich Wire Do I Choose?\u201d is a close second, sounding almost as if Ted Leo were fronting Sebadoh on the songs Lou Barlow wrote. The second instrumental, \u201cNight And The City,\u201d is a sparse, minimal arrangement that moves with a barely detectable pulse, an ideal segue way into the album closer \u201cStones Inside Her Chest,\u201d a blurry, jagged, noisy conclusion that is both hypnotic and droning.<\/p>\n
Silo Halo has crafted a disc that truly has everything. They are equally skilled at loud, bombastic swells of layered melody just as they are with ambient, space-y, and nearly lo-fi ebbs of delicate beauty. Lyrically, this is a very sophisticated affair, sometimes sounding poetic, but never in a way that comes off esoteric, usually detailing love and its downfalls in a very eloquent manner. <\/p>\n
This is hands down the best record I\u2019ve heard this year so far. Much like many bands before them from their area, Silo Halo have delivered a record that is nothing short of stunning, an absolute must hear for anyone with an interest in post-punk or moody, emotive rock with art\/shoegaze influences. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":30943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8839],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-42622","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-silo-halo","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42622"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}