Something Like Sound

If Everything Absent or Distorted really is a love story, as their parenthetical subtitle implies, then the four tracks on The Lucky One EP are the epilogue to a violent and beautiful tale of romance. Impassioned refrains have been softened by the work of time, and the whiskey-soaked anthems of yesterday are now a thing of reflection.

Opening with “The Lucky Ones Get A Break,” self-realization floods in through my stereo speakers. Slowly burning through six-minutes, this song sends the listener into contemplation. “Perhaps I can be lucky too?”

The energy picks back up with “Four and a Half Centuries.” Driving guitars and smashing drums soon flow into “Infant In Arms.” The sheer size of EAoD goes on display as instruments being layering and building on one another. The lyrics showcase this group at their best: “…going too fast with an engine made of stained glass…” genius.

“Closer Than You Think, Part III” is a hauntingly beautiful rendition of the formerly ruckus closing track from The Soft Civil War. Opening with the words “Every time I close my eyes, I think about the ones that died, who had the book but never wrote it down, who had the song but never made a sound.” Although it’s sad to see them go, it’s a far sadder to think, “What if they had never been?” Bravo gentlemen, you’ve made your mark on this city and you will not soon be forgotten.

Listen to “Closer Than You Think, Part III via Fuel/Friends

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However, EAoD isn’t advertising their farewell show (THIS SATURDAY AT THE BLUEBIRD!!!) as any sort of melancholy event, stating that, “We will be mourning nothing and celebrating everything…” Furthermore, they’re encouraging everyone to come out in their Sunday-best whites (screw everyone who thinks it’s past Labor Day, they don’t know what they’re missing). I’ll be there, white shirt, white tie, white pants, where are you going to be?

As a special treat, EAoD is letting us post “The Lucky Ones Get A Break” for free download right here! So please download this song and go to the show.

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“Monday morning, give us our razors, feel like dying, but we’ll just shave and go on…”