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The Third
Ending –
Self Titled Debut "The
Third Ending |
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Band/artist: The Third Ending
Title: The Third Ending
Released: 2007
Label:
ProgRock Records |
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Track
listing:
1. Eleven
2. Back Home
3. Tungsten Blues
4. Can You Hear Me?
5. Fingerprints
6. Digital Sunrise
7. Cold Light of Day
8. Falling
9. Part V
10. Coming Around
11. Fingerprints (reprise) |
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The Players
Nick Storr (Vocals, keyboards, occasional guitars) - Andrew
Curtis (Guitars, backing vocals, samples) - Cornel Ianculovici (Bass
guitars, backing vocals) - Andrew Knott (Drums and percussion,
programming, backing vocals) |
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The Third Ending
I wouldn’t necessarily put this in the consolation spot. This is very
good music. Nick Storr has a clean voice whereas Andrew Knott lays on a
layer of slick drums. The acoustic guitars operated by Andrew Curtis,
well, they provide the oil & lube. Cornel Ianculovici’s is the machinist
of the group as his bass drills perfectly symmetrical holes.
By the way, they each have nicknames. Nick, Curtis, Cornel & Knotty are
how these guys like to be addressed. As for the album, it just goes by
John Doe.
Anyhow, this no-name album is something worth writing home about, which
is kind of why I’m writing about it now. Music buffs would be missing
out if they didn’t hear these elegant verses and sophisticated riffs
played out. The reason why this works is because they never go
overboard. Just the right amount of spit n’ polish is supplied and
nothing more. While it’s accessible enough for the usual passersby’s,
its intelligence is mainly meant for people who are Prog Rock literate.
It’s all good but I have a couple favorites…
“Back Home” is hospitable with its simple incense, and “Can You Hear
Me?” is clever how it uses the structure of an inbound voicemail message
to complete its doggerel.
Individually, those were excellent whereas the five-track epic --
appropriately named “Fingerprints” for its early and reprised refrain --
was awesome when combined into one piece.
Forgoing the progressive for a second, this music brings back those
halcyon days of house parties listening to Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl
Jam and Collective Soul.
Like those legendary bands of the post-grunge era, these guys quite
literally rock. Aside from the drummer, each shares in the vocal duties;
still, even Knotty contributes that occasional strained verse.
One minute it’s Ray Wilson’s Stiltskin; the next it’s Kevin Gilbert’s
Shaming of the True. It flip-flops between Pineapple Thief and Porcupine
Tree. Likewise, it ebbs and flows with Orphan Projects and Pink Floyd.
In addition to all that, a Dream Theater influence can be heard now and
then. They control both the horizontal and the vertical. They are fine
whether they cross the line into heavy subject matter or take us back
into the light.
Third Ending has landed somewhere in that crack between popular and
alternative. Whether they are in or out with the cool & beautiful
people, they’d be considered special in my clique. This is one heck of
an album, and I am thoroughly impressed.
I’m not sure I understand The Third Ending’s numbering system; starting
with their name. They commence with “Eleven” and “Part V” is towards the
end. As for my class structure, I grade on a curve and only have few
aces to show. Yet, they managed to coast into that upper caste. With
some conceptual material in their future (and I surely hope there is
more), they just might join the ranks of other star pupils after school
and earn one of those limited, coveted spots on a very rockin’ squad.
9/10
Reviewer: Josh Turner
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