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Remember Right Now

Spitalfield

Victory Records, 2004

http://www.spitalfield.net/

REVIEW BY: Paul Hanson

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 02/17/2004

I didn't want to write one of those "this is the best CD I'veever heard" that every music reviewer seems obliged to do at least1000 times during their writing career. There comes a time where areviewer realizes that damn, there are a zillion awesome musiciansin the world and that hearing them is a blessing because it couldbe one of the zillion that I know I'll never hear.

That said, Spitalfield is my personal favorite band to hit myears in 2003. This disc has lived in my CD player since receiving apre-release copy of it in May of 2003. I have listened to theintricate melodies of lead vocalist/guitarist Mark Rose, sometimesseveral times a day, relishing in the maturity and the confidencethat surges from not only his delivery of emotional-overloadlyrics, but also from the little touches this band has thrown intotheir music

For example, few bands in the rock category would tastefullyemploy tonal bells, but in "Kill the Drama," they accent themelody. Another inspired touch is the way the band falls into ahushed chant for the lyrics "Stay awake tonight / Forget about yourlast good-bye / Now don't say sorry" in "Five Days and Counting."The vocals sound excellent.

What I really like about this band is that their tenacity forwriting good songs for the band. The aforementioned "Kill theDrama" and especially "Stolen from Some Great Writer" focus on theband as a unit. Bassist TJ Minich and drummer JD Romero seem torejoice in being able to lay down a thick underbelly for guitaristDan Lowder and Rose to play over. Romero's tasteful hi-hat work isimpressive as well.