With the Tides

South | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Kinetic Records
• ASIN: B0000AM6O8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,053 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Motiveless Crime

2. Colours in Waves

3. Loosen Your Hold

4. Natural Disasters

5. Fragile Day

6. Nine Lives

7. Same Old Story

8. Mend These Trends

9. Silver Sun

10. Straight Lines to Bad Lands

11. What I Find

12. Threadbare

Editorial Reviews

Originally Release '03. Second Album, Produced by Dave Eriga (Idlewild, Ash, Manic Street Preachers). 12 Trax. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Look what the tide brought in!!!!, September 29, 2003

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JCalleja (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: With the Tides (Audio CD)

This is an excellent cd. personally its the best one i've picked up since coldplay's rush of blood to the head.

I hear elements of richard ashcroft, stone roses, travis and u2 in With the Tides but make no mistake their sound is very much their own. After hearing this one I will be picking up their first cd.

What makes With the Tides so good imho is these guys have blended melody, harmony (harkening back to the greatest sounds of the 60's) and poignant lyrics into a thematically cohesive, sometimes haunting, and yet touchingly beautiful soundscape. It is both personal and universal which is no small accomplishment. These guys are really talented and I wish them much succes, they deserve it.

Its hard to pick stand out tracks since the whole cd is escellent but my favs right now are: loosen your hold, colours in waves, same old story, mend these trends, silver sun & threadbare. All in all, a superb cd well worth the money spent.

Regards

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Band You've NEVER Heard Of, Seriously..., February 18, 2005

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Charlotte Russe (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: With the Tides (Audio CD)

South is an absolutely amazing band, and their album "With the Tides" is so wonderful it is overwhelming. It encompasses almost anything I was expecting, and I was definitely expecting great things. Their music can be both upbeat, and melancholy at the same time, making for phenomenal Brit-pop/rock. I don't think I can think of one song on this CD that I don't like, but the standout tracks are "Motiveless Crime," "Colours in Waves," "Loosen Your Hold," "Natural Disasters," "What I Find," "Nine Lives," and "Fragile Day." South really has its own unique sound to it that I can't compare to the likes of anything else. However, I would say that fans of The Doves, Turin Brakes, Coldplay, Keane, Radiohead, Gravenhurst, Frou Frou, Metric, Big Star, and other such artists would be as blown away as I was by South...

In fact, fans of any music should check out South, because there is something about their music that is like an expression of universal ideas. The sounds, the lyrics, everything about their music melds together to make songs that overwhelm the mind and ears alike...

So go out and purchase this album! You may even be as flabbergasted as I was that something could be so fierce, powerful, and hard hitting, yet soft, melancholy, gentle, and undemanding all at the same time. Just listen. You won't regret it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars True South, October 3, 2004

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Eliot Wilder "eliotwilder.com" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: With the Tides (Audio CD)

For those who find Radiohead's last few albums too challenging, South could be what you are looking for. Their second album, "With the Tides," swirls around in the blue depths of melody as if it has "The Bends." Unlike their debut, 2001's "From Here On In," which reflected the eletronica sensibilities of its producer, Mo' Wax chief James Lavelle, "With the Tides" is a bit more rock oriented, thanks to Dave Eringa, who was behind the board with the Manic Street Preachers, Ash and Idlewild. Jaime McDonald has a achingly gorgeous voice, and he puts it to effective use on "Motiveless Crime," a tune whipped into a storm by whacking drums, burning bass and surging strings. "Colours in Waves" uses many of the same elements, but has a fury all its own. "Loosen Your Hold" incorporates harpsichord, banjo and baroque touches, the gentle "Nine Lives" is colored with harp and cello, "Mend These Trends" trips along on a spacey groove and "Silver Sun" sounds as remote as a lost planet. No bold new ground broken here, then, just a satisfying collection of songs.