Silence is Treason has released one of those albums that is difficult to categorize. It isn't that the genre is all that complex; it is a radio-friendly-pop-punk hybrid. What makes it difficult is there is really no handle to grab onto beyond that identification.
Confused yet?
The three musicians who comprise Silence is Treason play a variety of instruments to create this textured sound. They seem to be working through some type of musical schizophrenia that would accompany the ability multiple instruments and play them well.
This disc would be considered cool even if it was simply for the esoteric enigmatic quality of it, but it stands on its own as a collection of music that begs to be explored at different times in different moods.
The trio of "classically trained musicians" do keep things interesting especially with the songwriting.
They eschew the standard "I love you" songs and the obligatory "I hate you" songs in favor of an upbeat number about the Russian folktale Baba Yaga.
"The Flight of Baba Yaga: A New American Century" is followed by a strangely gypsy-like number called "Lallibella" which almost acts as a musical punctuation mark on the song that precedes it.
They will be haunted by the music writers who are more concerned with figuring them out then enjoying them. They will also suffer at the hands of the short-sighted radio programmers who won't really know where to put them. But let's hope they continue to do what they do best and that is record the punk pop music that will win them a huge following over the next couple of summer tours.
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