Swallowed By the Sun

Sweeder | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Monitor Records
• ASIN: B00004TRDW
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #930,491 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Swallowed by Sweeder, November 4, 2009

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David M. DeLeon (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swallowed By the Sun (Audio CD)

An amazing and short album by an amazing and short-lived band. At the forefront is a harmony between two very different voices (Jeff Carleton and Chiyoko Yoshida) that weave and play around each other like they'd been singing together forever. And what makes a song like "Bells Lament" so heartbreaking is this playfulness -- even though they're singing the same words it seems like they're saying two different things. When the female voice goes off on its own for a verse it's almost shockingly alone. Naked. Like a soliloquy. "Bells Lament" is one of those songs you want playing over the end credits of your life. Mellow, sad yet hopeful.

Other stand-out tracks, like "Moon" and "Thread and Wire," round out the mellowness. The world needs more music like this, it's a shame there was never a follow-up.