Blake Solomon
04/10/09, 02:25 PM
The Photo Atlas – To Silently Provoke The Ghost EP
Record Label: Morning After Records
Release Date: April 21, 2009
It’s about time I got back on the dance floor. The world has no doubt missed my arsenal of Macarena remixes and back-that-thang-up ballets. Music in 2009 has been contemplative for me; that brainy stuff we like, ponder, brah. So it’s nice of The Photo Atlas to be considerate of our biological desire to shimmy into the wee hours of the night. And I know, every review you read for To Silently Provoke The Ghost will open with a paragraph similar to this one, but that just speaks to the raucous jams of these Denver fashion-punks. If you must, dive into the many intricacies of their jittery dance punk anthems. There’s no obligation though, for The Photo Atlas succeed in ADD-addled stints or repeat-button marathons. As you well know, that’s tricky to do.
Rarely do EPs contain so much meat. Each of To Silently Provoke The Ghost’s five songs cram angular riffs into driving drums. It’s like going to CiCi’s Pizza. You know you’re getting pizza, but there’s every single variation imaginable. You see, each song has essentially the same style and format: “Jealous Teeth” is just “Class of 2012” with more piano. “Write This Down” is “It’s Always About The Money” without cuss words or chainsaw guitars. But hey, a room full of naked blonde girls is still a room full of naked hot girls. It’s almost refreshing to know that, if you like one song, you’ll like all the songs.
The Photo Atlas are getting better with every release. Their mixture of Faint hyperactivity and pop choruses has truly blossomed since No, Not Me, Never. Morning After Records has helped grow their name out West, and with more and more shows elsewhere, The Photo Atlas appear poised for a sweaty, dancetastic breakthrough just about any rave now.
Recommended If You Like: The Faint, Ghost of a Stranger, bull, Fugazi, balls
www.myspace.com/danceatlasdance
Record Label: Morning After Records
Release Date: April 21, 2009
It’s about time I got back on the dance floor. The world has no doubt missed my arsenal of Macarena remixes and back-that-thang-up ballets. Music in 2009 has been contemplative for me; that brainy stuff we like, ponder, brah. So it’s nice of The Photo Atlas to be considerate of our biological desire to shimmy into the wee hours of the night. And I know, every review you read for To Silently Provoke The Ghost will open with a paragraph similar to this one, but that just speaks to the raucous jams of these Denver fashion-punks. If you must, dive into the many intricacies of their jittery dance punk anthems. There’s no obligation though, for The Photo Atlas succeed in ADD-addled stints or repeat-button marathons. As you well know, that’s tricky to do.
Rarely do EPs contain so much meat. Each of To Silently Provoke The Ghost’s five songs cram angular riffs into driving drums. It’s like going to CiCi’s Pizza. You know you’re getting pizza, but there’s every single variation imaginable. You see, each song has essentially the same style and format: “Jealous Teeth” is just “Class of 2012” with more piano. “Write This Down” is “It’s Always About The Money” without cuss words or chainsaw guitars. But hey, a room full of naked blonde girls is still a room full of naked hot girls. It’s almost refreshing to know that, if you like one song, you’ll like all the songs.
The Photo Atlas are getting better with every release. Their mixture of Faint hyperactivity and pop choruses has truly blossomed since No, Not Me, Never. Morning After Records has helped grow their name out West, and with more and more shows elsewhere, The Photo Atlas appear poised for a sweaty, dancetastic breakthrough just about any rave now.
Recommended If You Like: The Faint, Ghost of a Stranger, bull, Fugazi, balls
www.myspace.com/danceatlasdance