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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence (Remastered)

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Never before have I been so moved by a cd. Glassjaw's "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence" is an epic journey into the depths of a human's innermost feelings. It will leave you reeling from an emotional rollercoaster of that through which we experience in life.

Musically, Glassjaw is emo-core at its best; a perfect blend of hard and fast, and melodic and beautiful, mixed with moments of punk/metal. The drums, bass, and guitars are all quite solid, no one instrument outperforms the others, as they play together in sync creating music that is defined and mature. Overall, the music is nothing that I have not heard before, fairly straightforward with little experimentation, but this is not really a problem as the music is merely a complement for the band's true talent: their emotional truthfulness.

Vocalist Daryl Palumbo exhibits something that very few singers today have; raw, heartfelt, emotion. The true essence of emo-core. On these twelve songs Palumbo pours out his innermost feelings through poetic lyrics expressing his anger, hate, love, pain, desire, and loneliness experienced through life, all of which will sweep the listener along to places they have never before been, awakening that which they tried so hard to keep hidden. It is this unbridled release of emotions that truly make this music so special.

There is no one song that shines above the others. Each song may speak a different tale but in reality they are all part of an epic ballad; at one point inciting such feelings where the listener just wants to fight the entire world, at other times evoking the listener to breakdown in a torrent of tears and unimaginable sadness. All I can truly say is that this cd is incredible, a masterpiece of human fragility. I'm still breathless.

This cd is not for the public. I doubt it will get much airplay or ever become a staple on MTV, then again I believe that is what is best for this band. Glassjaw creates music that is honet, brutal, and ever so REAL. They do not deserve to have their music corrupted by the idiotic masses. So if you think you can handle music that is REAL, then definitely obtain this cd. Other emo-core bands: Deftones, Inkling, Far, Cleanse, Blind By Choice, Tenfold, Helen 55, Codeseven, and Will Haven.

And I thought Taproot was emo-metal....

This CD has touched me in a way I cannot even begin to describe. Ross Robinson pulls together another great production, again showing the world that he isn't a rap-core hack. The album artis bizarre, yet intriguing, and the music is f$3%ing beyond amazing. Daryl Palumbo's voice takes some getting used to (imagine Chino Moreno on a certain powdery-white stimulant), but once you're over that hurdle, it all falls into place. The guitars are heavy enough for Machine Head fans but diverse enough for non-metalheads. The bass is rumbly and earthy in tone, but also has a very independant feel. The music as a whole ranges from such angst-ridden screamers as "Siberian Kiss" and "Hurting And Shoving" to gorgeously melodic tunes like "Her Middle Name Was Boom and "Piano".

Lyrically, Mr. Palumbo turns anger and spite into something beautiful. "Staring at a Parisian sex flick where the characters don't meet, the characters don't speak, the characters are like mirrors facing mirrors - space always expanding". He confronts broken relationships, his unfortunate affliction of Crohn's Disease, and other weighty topics unflinchingly and with intensity unmatched by any other lyricist in the business. Many women have objected to Palumbo's supposedly misogynistic lyrics, although I strongly doubt he would have written them if there wasn't something behind it other than pure bigotry.

Overall, one of the most disturbing, compelling and honest records I've heard in a long time. Buy, beg, steal...

Glassjaw's debut CD, "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence," can't be described in words. Anything I say here won't do it justice, because this CD is nothing less than a soul-awakening experience from the most emotionally honest band I've ever heard. At times, Glassjaw can be blisteringly heavy and aggressive, but the next second they're playing the most melodically beautiful and heartbreaking chorus you've ever heard. The album is a rollar-coaster of emotions; I've never before been so moved by a CD.

People have compared Glassjaw to bands like the Deftones, Radiohead, and Far. There are slight sililarities to all those bands, but Glassjaw is really a band all their own.

The vocalist, Daryl, has said that if you can't relate to this music, you've never had your heart broken. I would certainly agree. For everyone out there who feels depressed, heartbroken, or alone, pick up a copy of this CD. You're not alone.

it is very seldom that in heavy, guitar laden music you happen upon a group of intelligent, emotionally mature, young men (boys?) that express themselves in an articulate, concise, meaningful manner. however, in this popular era of unoriginal clones, testosterone driven drivel, and (dear lord forbid) that completely talentless idiot ..., we have a true beacon. an oasis amid these foolish sands. glassjaw. i wouldn't dare to delve into a critique of this record, as i am sure it would do their creative bent no sort of justice. but i will say this: if ever you need to be bolstered by something that is entirely empathetic and knows exactly "how it feels", turn to this record. it speaks to the soul and heals.....

Even though he may hate to hear it, Daryl will be right up there with John Lennon one day when it comes to rock music. He really has shared his emotions with a lot of people, whether it be Glassjaw, or Head Automatica.

Starting off as a Long Island hardcore group, Glassjaw matured a lot by the time they released this album. Back during their hardcore day, they were still just an amazing band -- I really wish they would re-record 'Match Book, Black Book' for a new album.. It really deserves more attention!

Regardlessly, EYEWTKAS isn't an album that bashes women. Matter of fact, Daryl himself has proven himself to be very loving and compassionate about women. This album is about relationships, and one specific woman in his life.

Daryl claims every song he ever wrote was somehow based on a Godzilla movie, and that may just add a lot of charm to this album, because the sometimes disorienting lyrics do end up having an impact after a few listens.

But what can be said? This is my favorite album of all time. I still listen to it all the time. I even know many girls whom love this album! I believe anyone whom has been in love can relate with how Daryl feels.

Some of the songs also reflect on a time in Daryl's life where he was, well, alone. Or more specifically incredibly lonely. Which is understandable when you're stuck in the hospital for long amounts of time due to an uncommon sickness. (Crohn's disease.) Fortunately, it's not a deadly disease, and Daryl has finally gotten all the good things he deserves in life.

This is an intelligent album -- There's aggression, but it's not mindless. This is a brand new type of music no other band will ever come close to reproducing. It's even emotional enough to make you cry.

Since I purchased Glassjaw's cd "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence" it has not come out of my CD player literally. I even bought a second copy for other purposes such as my Discman and car. Anyway. Words absolutely cannot describe this CD. Everything about this CD is perfect. The way the tracks are ordered, the way the tracks are named, the way the tracks are played and sang. To say Daryl Palumbo is a good singer is not justice to a voice so beautiful and full of emotion.

I heard of GlassJAw through an e-mail that I almost deleted. But that day changed my life.

"Pretty Lush" and "Siberian Kiss" are strong songs. The chorus of "Pretty Lush" is amazing as well are the verses. "Pretty Lush" has this cute catchiness to it, but it expresses his anger in the words and his moans and voice. This is one song that displays Daryl's great lyric writing. "Siberian Kiss" is a suprising song. The verses are powerful and the chorus is really very good because you can sense the saddness in his voice. I know I related. These two tracks would make great singles. "When One Eight Becomes Two Zeros", "Majour", and "Her Middle Name Was Boom" are beautiful, thoughtful tracks. These songs really place Daryl as an honest to god singer, and an honest to god sweetie. "Ry Ry's Song" is one of those great bounce around the room songs. It's fun to sing to and even better to listen to. I got so many meanings from that song. Listen for yourself and interpret. "Hurting and Shoving" and "Babe" are very hardcore tracks with poetry like lyrics. "Lovebites and Razorlines", "Piano", "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence", and "Motel of the White Locust" have to be my favorite tracks. "Lovebites and Razorlines" combines anger with sadness and confusion. Gotta love the song. You will once you listen to it. "Piano" is this song that makes me really cry. It's so amazing what Daryl can do with his voice. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence" tells you exactly that. If you can't relate in some shape or form to that song than you've never been lonely and you've never had your heart broken.

This CD as simply said is a CD for anyone who knows anything about honesty. An honest tale: beginning to end. Plus: awesome, awesome lyrics, vocals, and music. I'm particularly impressed with the percussion and bass. The guitaring blows my mind.

_natalie_

All I'm saying is check this disc out.

These guys are pretty incredible. Once again procucer Ross Robinson has presented the world with another extraordinary band. The songs are melodic yet not too poppy. Very emotional. The sound? Imagine Elvis Costello being 20 years old again and being backed by a talented and heavy as hell band and you have Glassjaw. Lead singer Daryl Palumbo has an amazing set of pipes on him. This band is gonna take off...big time. Watch for them.

I found out about Glassjaw through hearing about them signing to Roadrunner, and i wanted to check them out, and i also found out about how they appointed Ross Robinson to produce their cd. When i heard them, i was awe-struck, at mostly how real and emotional their music is. Well, the music is just absolutely amazing, Glassjaw would best fit under emocore, yet they are probably the best in the genre. Each song is filled with emotion. The guitars are just awesome, very talented guitarists. Pretty Lush is one of the highlight tracks, it is basically a hardcore song with beautiful sounding fillins and stuff. Ry Ry's Song is definately one of the best, it is a emo punk song, with a really nice "swirl" of guitar, and lots of melody, you'll be singing it, believe me, i know. Lovebites and Razorlines is definately a better track also, it has the really heavy parts with the awesome screaming vocals, then it breaks into a really nice touch of singing drums and guitars, another one you'll be singing. tracks 7-9 are all straightup emo songs, very well written songs, with beautiful singing and melodies. Babe is a straightup hardcore song as well. But the best track on this cd is Siberian Kiss, to briefly describe it, you can say that it is the most beautiful hardcore song ever heard". This song has the ever pounding drums, with the heavy and most beautiful guitars heard since.........i don't know. it is just the best cd ever released on Roadrunner, and for the year 2000. Buy this cd, or forever hold your peace.

It's not often that I can say a cd has dramatically affected my life. However Glassjaw's "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence" is one of them. When I first heard this cd almost five years ago, it really did change my life. I do credit this album for getting me through my teenage years, and really giving me a genuine connection to a band. Even now that I've grown up and gotten out of my adolescent phases, I still love this album just as much as I did the first time I heard it. There are so many things about this album and Glassjaw that are so unique. This band was ahead of it's time in so many areas, and even can be credited as starting movements that are prominent today like "screamo". There is just not enough praise I can give to this album.

"Pretty Lush" starts the album off. I could think of no better way. The lyrics of the album have always been something of critical scrutiny. Either you love them because you see the symbolism and metaphors in them, or you hate them because of the dark and violent pictures Daryl is painting. I find myself on the first end of that. When I was 16 years old, I really felt like this album spoke to me. Much of this album is about Daryl's hatred for a particular woman out there, which we still do not know who, but rest assured she must of done something wrong to him. The chorus of "Pretty Lush" boasts the lines of "You can lead a whore to water/and you can bet she'll drink and follow orders", basically giving you an idea of what Daryl has to say on this album. Sometimes it gets rather dark, like on "Lovebites and Razorlines" ("just suck on the end of this d*ck that cums lead") and "Motel of The White Locust" ("get on your knees and make me your god"). However if you take the lyrics literally you are missing the real beauty of this album. This is a guy pouring every ounce of emotion in his body into these songs. You can feel every note Daryl sings on this album because he's so genuinely honest. Not many bands can come across being this genuine, but Glassjaw really gives you the feeling that they love what they do, and they believe in their songs. I think most can relate to the lyrical content found here, because we've all had someone who has done something very wrong to us at one time or another, and Daryl is not ashamed to sing about it. This cd contains one of my all time favorite lyrics, found on "Motel Of The White Locust", which says "as long as your mouth is shut, you'll still be f*cking beautiful." I still love that line to this day.

The thing that I've always believed about Glassjaw is that they represented the total package. I really don't think these guys have ever made a bad song. They can do anything. They can go from something so blisteringly angry and aggressive like "Lovebites and Razorlines", to something soft and beautiful like "Her Middle Name Was Boom". They can play slow songs and pull them off, they can be experimental, or they can go heavy, and it all works. Most importantly it all sounds like Glassjaw, not like they are trying to be something else. Let's remember this album came out before the big "screamo" trend hit. That's what really makes this album revolutionary. Daryl and company were doing the things that bands are doing to death now almost 8 years ago. Musically everyone in the band does their job perfectly. The trade off guitar playing between Justin Beck and Todd Weinstock works perfectly, and creates some beautiful moments on songs like "Piano" and "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence". Manny's bass playing is something extremely overlooked and underated, because it's a cut above most of the other bassists in the same genre who just seem like backing pieces. Sammy Siegler (ex CIV and Rival Schools drummer) provides the perfect backbone to the band, as the drumming is an such an important aspect of the music. However the most important instrument on this album has got to be Daryl's voice. Daryl gives his most diverse performance on this recording, as he can go from bellowing screams to beautiful melodies in a matter of seconds, a style that is the most common in screamo and hardcore today. Many songs show Daryl showcasing his ability to sing as well as scream in a number of different ways, and in quite a unique fashion in some places. Daryl's voice is instantly recognizable, and anytime you hear a glassjaw song, you always know it's Glassjaw. There's no confusion.

This album is still in my top five of all time, and has more than changed my life. Five years after it's release, I still listen to it all the time. I've never seen a band make this strong of a debut. Glassjaw is now kind of inactive (with Daryl being involved in Head Automatica, Todd playing in Men, Women and Children, and Beck doing his own thing), but nothing could ever take away anything from this album. It's perfect. Start to finish, I can could listen to it all day, everyday, and never get bored. It's just that good. If you don't have this album and you like Glassjaw, then I don't know why you don't already own this. If you're into the newer movements like "screamo" or "melodic hardcore", then you owe it to yourself to listen to one of the bands largely responsible for what most of these bands are doing now adays. I guarantee if you listen with an open mind, and don't interpret the lyrics literally, you'll find there is so much to love about this album. I could go on for days about how good this album is, or how much I love it, but I think you get the picture. Pick this up immediately.

This album has been number one on my top 5 favorites for somt time now. Daryl Palumbo's mix of hardcore screams and more emotional singing tecnique makes this album an incredible step in rock music.

1.Pretty Lush - This song is nothing but raw energy. It opens with a strong guitar riff. Form there it doesnt take anytime to see what daryl can do. Amazing chorus.

2.Siberian Kiss - This song makes my emotions go crazy. Everything from anger to sadness. I can relate to the lyrics and daryl's voice... wow.

3.When One Eight Becomes Two Zeros - Great song. Its a little more mellow than the first two. I love the bass and drums during the verses. amazing chorus.

4.Ry Ry's song - opens with a harmonic guiar riff. awesome beat in the drums during the verses. awesome guitar leads during the whole song.

5.Lovebites and Razorlines - This is probably one of my favorite song on this cd. The first verse makes me cream jeans. The chorus isnt the best on the cd--but that doesnt mean it sucks by any means. The break towards the end - daryl goes tantric.

6.Hurting and Shoving - This is probably the hardest song on this cd and let me tell you, it goes hrd like jordan. I love the "You Said--You Said..." part.

7.Majour - This is the song that really got me hooked on this cd. The first time I headr the cd I didnt really like it, but this song brought it all together. It was the bering strait between what i had been listning to at the time and the intensity of the rest of the cd. If you've never heard glassjaw before, listen to this track first.

8.Her Middle Name Was Boom - I love the opening layed back feel of this song, and when daryl comes in i cream jeans x2. But the real pwer of this song comes in the chorus, and then later in the song it just blows your top off. This song is more than amazing.

9.Piano - Alot of people think that this is the best somg on the cd. Im not going to agree completely - but do not dare get me wrong. It is amazing. the verse is awesome. the chorus is awesome. the break is really catchy. the last thing he screams makes me want to die it is so good.

10.Babe - Babe is really fast, in your face, and lovely. It is almost remonicent of some harder punk ive heard, but still obtains glassjaw's incredible edge.

11.Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence - This is the tiltle track for a reason. It is the most passionate song on the entire cd/Ive ever heard. It deals with daryl struggle with chron's disease. It is pure... pure... JESUS. The whole song rocks the block every night and day in my cd player. The chorus is daryl in all his glory and tantricity. It is love. You couldnt have sex better than this song.

12.Hotel Of The White Locust - This is a hard closer to end the album. It had an awesome chorus. On this track there is a secret song that blows it all away. There is great piano and... DARYL. Nuff Said.