Season of Poison (CD/DVD)

Shiny Toy Guns | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Universal Motown
• ASIN: B001KKEH9Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #617,045 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Includes limited edition BONUS DVD! "Season of Poison" is the highly anticipated sophomore album from Shiny Toy Guns. The album is the follow up to their critically acclaimed Grammy nominated debut record We Are Pilots which was released in 2006. The band spent the better half of 2 years on and off the road progressing their dance/rock and electronic roots. Once again producing the album by themselves, founding members Chad Petree (vocals, guitar) and Jeremy Dawson (synthesizer, bass) used 2008 technology to marry dynamic late-70's style synthesizer programming with face-erasing stoner rock; gently spreading this over layer upon layer of ethnic and tribal rhythms. Not to mention their keen pop sense in lyrics and arrangement have collided with the legendary mixing abilities of super-engineer Andy Wallace to create a completely new color in the future-forward musical spectrum. The first single off of Season Of Poison is "Ricochet", a heavy rhythmic guitar laden song already being heard on radio stations across the nation.

Track listing:

1. When Did This Storm Begin

2. Money For That

3. I Owe You A Love Song

4. Ghost Town

5. It Became A Lie On You

6. Ricochet!

7. Season Of Love

8. Poison

9. Blown Away

10. Turned To Real Life

11. Frozen Oceans

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pilots to Poison., November 8, 2008

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Emily A. Dickson "Emily" (New London, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Season of Poison (Audio CD)

I have been a huge fan of Shiny Toy Guns since they first got Carah Faye in the band. Her beautiful voice and their fun, dancy beats got me into them.

I've been waiting for a new cd of theres for quite some time hopeing it would have the same type of sound because honestly I can never find any other bands that sound like Shiny Toy Guns.

After hearing that Carah Faye had been booted from the band over the summer I checked their myspace to listen to the new song "ricochet!"

I had to double check to see if I was actually at shiny toy gun's page. Unfortunetly I was, and this is what they have become?

Generic radio music?

Lame guitar beats?

Terrible Covers of Turn to Real Life?

It's sad when a band re does an old song and it becomes a cover because the origional was so much better.

Sisley's voice sounds like she's nervous and sort of like she's holding back.

The only way I can listen to this CD and NOT hate it is if I think to myself that "this isn't shiny toy guns" I have to think of it as some sort of side band.

I am very disappointed. Givin the length of time in between we are pilots and season of poison I was expecting something amazing.

We all have been let down :(

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Yikes..., January 29, 2009

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Ian Curtis "joydivision8" (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Season of Poison (Audio CD)

After showing so much promise on "We are Pilots", Shiny Toy Guns have devolved into something truly unfortunate. Gone are the anthemic synth-new wave gems, replaced by generic rock songs. The few songs that actually sound like STG are really poorly written as well. I am not opposed to bands changing and growing, but this is a momentous step backwards. Whether this is because of the departure of Carah Faye (who was a much better vocalist than the new one), I don't know, but something went very wrong.

If you liked the first album and that type of sound, you will probably not like this one. If you think Linkin Park and Evanescence are really cool bands, then you might actually like this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good band, November 4, 2008

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S. Taylor "Gamer" (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Season of Poison (Audio CD)

I dunno about you guys, but I really liked this album. Maybe that's because this is my first time hearing the band, so I can't compare it to the other albums. Definitely check it out, especially the song "Money for that".