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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice to see it re-issued., June 13, 2000
This re-issue of both out of print "Black EP", and "Weathered Statues EP", is a real treat! When you listen to the Weathered Statues side, you can really hear how much they strayed away from the "Black EP" sound. The "Black EP" contains five tracks, but the first six tracks of this album you get the pure old school punk sound. Yet the last three tracks ( the Weathered Statues tracks ) are an evolved, darker sound, and that sound is called *Deathrock*. TSOL stepped away from their political, hardcore punk material and started writing much darker music and gloomy poetic lyrics, thus DEATHROCK. If you find yourself mostly listening to the tracks Weathered Statues, Thoughts of Yesterday, and Word Is, you should really pick up Dance With Me ( Their deathrock debut album ), and Beneath The Shadows ( Really artsy, with the use of synths!). TSOL remain one of my favorite bands of the Deathrock genre, infact they are one of my favorite bands of all time. -Tommy Demise
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really Awesome Old School Punk, May 8, 2000
This and "Dance With Me" are two of the best TSOL albums and this shows the band at their prime instead of the later albums like "Revenge". If you like punk. You cannot ignore this CD
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Gods of Goth Punk's Best!, June 17, 2003
When it comes to True Sounds of Liberty (TSOL), their unbeatable in the scene of Gothic punk. Influencing bands like Offspring, AFI, and Adolescents, they gave a new spin on punk rock that would last a long time. Mixing creepy riffs and lyrics with fast and angry vocals and gutairs, these guys sounded like a late Black Sabbath doing a duet with The Clash. Nitro has re-released two of their classic EPs: their undeniably excellant self-titled debut, and the incredible Weathered Statues EP, which were originally released on Posh Boy, a label that also included the surf punk band Agent Orange, who were equals in the influental circle with TSOL! These guys are definatly for any punk taste. Mixing punk with hints of pop, surf, goth, and even at times pychedelica, these guys broke the many punk boundrys that no one dared break before. When people say that Sex Pistols and the early punk bands influenced everyone in punk, look into TSOL. You'll understand how they can be included on a list with Descendents, Minor Threat and even Black Flag, of underrated bands that intensly influenced punk as it is today (washed-up trash). Despite what some call "punk" today, it doesn't compare to the intensity and unforgiven ruthlessness of these two classic EPs. Deffinatly not for fans of Blink 182 or Good Charollote (the washed-up of the washed-up trash) and not for new fans to punk, this definatly one of the greatest punk albums known to man and should be heard by any true punk fan. TEST YOUR LIMITS!!!
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