I'm not real good at writing about music, but I am pretty decent at knowing what is good. Ask those who know me. But what I can tell you is that the new Maritime album, Heresy and the Hotel Choir, is absolutely amazing.
After the break-up of The Promise Ring in 2002, the emo world let out a collective moan, even if many hated the direction that their finale, Wood/Water, moved towards. Soon after, lead singer/guitarist Davey Van Bohlen, fellow Promise Ring member, Dan Didier (drums) and Eric Axelson (bass) of the recently defunct Dismemberment Plan got together and made what Glass Floor, which was kind of like an acoustic Promise Ring record. Oh, don't get me wrong, it was good. It just wasn't great and didn't break any new ground sound-wise. Publicity was minimal, including AP deeming them one of the top 5 bands we would never hear about again (or something like that). Touring was fairly sparse and rumors of a break-up emerged. Still, We, the Vehicles, came along 2 years later and signs of what a true collage of TPR and Dismemberment would sound like appeared. More upbeat and quirky than its predecessor, it harkened back to TPR's more poppy moments without ever disintegrating into cheese.
Once again, break-up rumors persisted but these were soon quelled by information of a new album to be released a little over a year after Vehicles. Well, it arrived a few weeks ago and I've been blessed with it (thanks Brian!), after I completely forgot about it coming out. Ah...depression does wonderful things. Anyway, I highly recommend it to all as a pop masterpiece (even with the departure of Axelson).
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