{"id":27424,"date":"2013-08-09T10:20:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T10:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-tilde-where-have-i-been\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:25:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:25:36","slug":"album-review-tilde-where-have-i-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-tilde-where-have-i-been\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Tilde – Where Have I Been?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"In less than two short weeks, New York trio <\/span>Tilde<\/strong> release their debut EP, \u2018<\/span>Where Have I Been?\u2019<\/em>\u00a0And if this, or even the band\u2019s existence is news to you, then where have you been? Certainly not around these parts, where the three-piece have been making a fair few waves recently. \u2018<\/span>Where Have I Been?<\/em>\u2019 has already made it into our must-have releases for August, and \u2018Bummer Vacation\u2019 <\/em>met a decent reception when offered as a free download here last month. The important questions are now rearing their head, however, and in the centre is the most important of all: will the EP live up to the hype that has begun to form around it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As it turns out in the early going, signs are good. \u2018That Great Lifestyle\u2019<\/em> kicks off the album in a haze of distortion and feedback; a brief spin of the wheels before the engines roll into life on a simple but incredibly effective opening number. Comparisons to the likes of TWIABP and Tigers Jaw have almost become clich\u00e9 when summarising the band, but there is good reason, and you can certainly hear the similarity without too much effort. The trio describe themselves as \u201cpunk(ish?)\u201d, but it\u2019s by no means a stretch to fit them into the similar emo-tinted indie world occupied by the aforementioned pair of bands. It\u2019s good company to be in, and Tilde represent them well as the EP rolls on through \u2018Headquartered\u2019<\/em> and \u2018Everything Happens So Much\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

With the record hitting its half way mark, the band offer up an interlude to keep things ticking over, and there is a minute in which to reflect on what has been, up to now, a relaxed yet incredibly refreshing effort that is well worth the attention. There\u2019s no outburst to the tracks, nothing you would perhaps describe as a \u201cbelter\u201d or an \u201canthem\u201d, but you get the feeling that isn\u2019t what Tilde<\/strong> need for this EP to go down well. The strength of \u2018Where Have I Been?<\/em>\u2019 is in the atmospherics, a melodic oasis of sorts in a month already bursting with more intense releases. Tilde<\/strong> lie at the opposite (though by no means the lesser) end of the spectrum, providing an immersive and laid back alternative to the growing lineup of rockier releases that dot the calendar.<\/p>\n

Naturally, the reflection on the relaxed nature of\u00a0 <\/span>the album thus far is the band\u2019s cue to turn up the pace a fragment before the album sounds off. If you\u2019ve been following the band before now then you\u2019re likely already familiar with \u2018Bummer Vacation\u2019<\/em> and if not, then it\u2019s a track that you should definitely find a place for, because it may just be Tilde\u2019s<\/strong> standout track right now. It\u2019s the dance-along piece of the EP if ever there was one, which works out nicely as following effort \u2018The One You Always Forget\u2019<\/em> is it\u2019s resident singalong-inducer. Certainly not one you\u2019d want to forget, the last of the record\u2019s main tracks takes it out in a blaze of glory, before a trio of bonus tracks close out the band\u2019s debut release. \u2018Gaze\u2019<\/em> and \u2018Bones\u2019<\/em> are acoustic aids to the comedown from a solid twenty minutes of music, before \u2018Murder Your Darling\u2019<\/em> wraps it all up with a pounding exit. The bonus tracks aren\u2019t intended to take attention away from the record\u2019s main tracklist, merely to supplement it as the EP draws to a close. In this sense, they do their job nicely, drawing a line under this record that seems likely to be the first of many to come from the band. It\u2019s been proven on repeated occasions that Tilde\u2019s<\/strong> sound is not unwelcome in today\u2019s world, and with \u2018Where Have I Been?<\/em>\u2019 in the bag, a new question rears its head, leaving you to ponder where the trio are going to be, in time. With all things considered up to now, you can\u2019t see them struggling too much.<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

\u2018Where Have I Been?\u2019 <\/span><\/em>by Tilde<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is released on 12th August through\u00a0<\/span>Close To Home Records<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tilde <\/strong>links: Facebook<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Anthony Lusmore (@Metacosmica<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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