Wires & The Concept of Breathing

A Skylit Drive | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: TRAGIC HERO RECORDS
• ASIN: B0016MJ2SC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,954 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Wires & The Concept of Breathing is the follow-up to the highly successful EP She Watched the Sky (Tragic Hero Records). It solidifies A Skylit Drive's position at the forefront of the Indie scene. The debut full length from A Skylit Drive showcases the band's finely tuned sound, and it's progression from the previous record. Featuring an array of highly accomplished producers & engineers, Wires... will become the record that doesn't leave your car stereo. Recorded at Warrior Sound in Raleigh, NC by Mitchel Marlow and Al Jacobs (He Is Legend, Classic Case & Filter) and produced by Jamie King (Between the Buried & Me) with vocal arrangements by Kit Walter (Alesana) this record is packed full of an All Star cast. Full of material that fans new and old alike will rejoice in, "Wires...and the Concept of Breathing" will have a lasting impact on the Indie community and will surely be a point of influence for bands to come.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Please enter a title for your review, June 5, 2008

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pancake_repairman "pancake_repairman" (gfjdhgfjhgj) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wires & The Concept of Breathing (Audio CD)

this is like the first fashioncore pop-screamo album i've ever liked. i didn't even like these guys' ep of last year at all. this album is like the follow-up Finch should have made to their 2002 debut What It Is To Burn. what makes these guys so much better than all their black hair dyed peers; the drummer does a lot of fills, the vocals have a lot of great double tracked harmonies, the overproduction actually seems to work in favor of the dual guitar arrangements, and there's a keyboardist in there somewhere. the metalcore breakdowns add some diversity but also make the band seem more cliched and the screamy vocals typically smack of effort but the songs progress fast enough for it to not be too much of a detraction.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, November 5, 2008

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Taryn (Nebraska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wires & The Concept of Breathing (Audio CD)

I really liked this album; I first found their EP and I liked it, so I thought I'd get the new one. There is good variety on this album, I think. Screamo/hardcore has never been so good. The new vocalist is very talented.

4.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT let your first assessment of this band, either their image or vocalist's voice throw you off., August 29, 2011

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SaosinEngaged - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wires...And The Concept Of Breathing (MP3 Download)

In other words, don't judge a book by its cover. Many ignorant people will dismiss this band because their image is considered very "non-masculine" and the vocalist has an exceptionally high pitched *but crystalline clear* voice.

I too, almost made this mistake the first time I heard and saw them. This is not a typical throwaway emo/screamo band with post-hardcore beginnings. This is a band that can play music that is both aggressive and beautiful with melodies that defy the conventions of the screamo genre. The songs are always heavily dowsed by potent and catchy melodies that will be stuck in your head for days, and the clarity of the vocalist's voice is unbelievable. It sounds almost angelic. Ignorant people will say "girly," but if you can't hear the talent in his voice, you have no taste for music.

No, this band and CD certainly won't be for everyone, but if you have an open mind and like melody-driven music and can tolerate the high-flying vocals, there is some real art here.

It's not ground-breaking music by any means, but it's entirely enjoyable.