Unrevealed Condition| Posted May 21, 2008
Named after hypothetical collaboration of Thomas Alva Edison and composer Philip Glass, indie rock band Edison Glass is bent on bringing a wide verity of music to appeal to the younger generation. In between their debut release A Burn or a Shiver and their sophomore album, “time is fiction” the band agrees they have become better song writers because of their downed boundaries, as this album offers more of anti genre of music allowing themselves to become more musically diverse. Thus the first step is taken with their Let Go EP.
The EP opens with up with the title track which starts very smoothly with a light alternative sound, but as the song moves along the vocals and music get a little more loud and reckless. It’s not until the refrain does Edison Glass become a little more intense, but “cold condition” stays more in control as the indie rock song moves along quickly and remains solid. “All our memory’s starts off muffled as the incoherent alternative rock music is strange and just a little bit disturbing. The ballad “A burn or a shiver” is a light song fueled mostly by piano, the style of music is slightly reminiscent of Falling Up.
The lyrics are a bit vague though, as the band tries to avoid clichés. “cold condition” says ‘We need warmth to come/In our cold condition/We need you to visit us’, Gods name is never mentioned but it’s implied. “All our memories” has the singers desiring to become more than lovely, but after that the other two songs have vague meanings. Trying to get something going before their second album, Edison Glass introduces new sounds and interesting lyrics. But the strength of the four song EP is low which means Let Go EP won’t have much of a positive impact on their second album Time is Fiction.
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