The Silent Years – Let Go EP

This summer The Silent Years released a follow up to their stellar album The Globe, which made my top ten list for 2008 and was probably the biggest surprise find of the year for me.  Let Go is a six song EP that unfortunately just doesn’t match up to the greatness of its predecessor.  Not only does it pale in comparison in length, but they just are unable to achieve the kind of rhythmic and melodic greatness that permeates through The Globe.  That’s not to say it isn’t worth a listen.  Unfortunately none of the tracks really resonated with me like “The Black Hole” or “On Our Way Home” did.  One song I can’t give you a preview to that you should check out is “Forest Fire.”   It opens with a fun little glocky melody and the percussion on it reminds me of something that might be found on a TV on the  Radio album.