The Silent Years just announced via blog on myspace that they have indeed found a home for their next record, The Globe, which will be released July 29th in the U.S (some tracks are streamable on their myspace, but not yet available for download). The band neglected to announce the name of the label but cheers to them, because these guys are really good. Not familiar with The Silent Years? Too bad for you, but I’ll fix it right now. The Silent Years is a 6 piece band from Detroit with a freaking kazoo, a chihuahua, and a couple songs about being naked and dead. How fucked up is that? TSY Singer Josh Epstein has this voice that I swear I’ve heard from 20 other bands, but I can’t figure out which ones, so for some reason, he ends up sounding pretty unique. I’ll be honest–the songs are not particularly outstanding, the lyrics are a little hokey (hokey enough to make me say ‘hokey’), and I still don’t get the little cartoon animals they put all over everything–but for some reason I feel strangely compelled to listen to this song over and over and over again until it blends into every other sound and becomes indistinguishable on its own. Which I feel is a good thing. Is that weird?
Download the full s/t ep here.
Read more about TSY:
Daytrotter Session
The Silent Years at No Alternative Records
Pitchfork Article
