Post by rachel on Jun 13, 2008 12:07:10 GMT -5
Marry a Thief
I am dying to outlive you Review by Liz Kelly
1 March 2008
It's obvious that Marry a Thief's new EP I am dying to outlive you (yes, Hunter S. Thompsonian style grammar) is beautiful. It is. The flowy, sweeping melodies and Erich Skelton's honey-covered voice make for an intoxicating sound that sometimes resembles Cosmic Skate at the rolling rink. The first track, Spinning could be placed in any generic drama TV show's montage scene, where Girl A finds out Boy A is sleeping with Girl B when he should be with Girl A. I'm not ragging on these South Carolinians for making music that is commercially viable, though, so don't get me wrong. These guys could sell out every song of theirs to the media and make a fortune off auto and cell phone commercials. And they seem sincere, too. I saw Erich’s former band, Erich Skelton & the Homecoming Kings, last year at the Atlantis Music Conference in Atlanta, and I was literally blown away by his voice and passion, however understated it may be. The intensity hovers under the pretty tunes and spacey feeling that is given off. Erich is not a showy guy from what I can tell. He’s a cute, big guy who is probably as warm as are his songs. The first half of I am dying to outlive you is a lush concoction of all things good about modern day music production, but then the EP stumbles over Old Enough, a less-than-two-minute misplaced acoustic that questions death, picks back up for the next two tracks, then ends with another sad acoustic. Marry a Thief really is doing something good, putting some beauty into a dark world, and leaves open questions and interpretations for each lucky listener who can find them.
I am dying to outlive you Review by Liz Kelly
1 March 2008
It's obvious that Marry a Thief's new EP I am dying to outlive you (yes, Hunter S. Thompsonian style grammar) is beautiful. It is. The flowy, sweeping melodies and Erich Skelton's honey-covered voice make for an intoxicating sound that sometimes resembles Cosmic Skate at the rolling rink. The first track, Spinning could be placed in any generic drama TV show's montage scene, where Girl A finds out Boy A is sleeping with Girl B when he should be with Girl A. I'm not ragging on these South Carolinians for making music that is commercially viable, though, so don't get me wrong. These guys could sell out every song of theirs to the media and make a fortune off auto and cell phone commercials. And they seem sincere, too. I saw Erich’s former band, Erich Skelton & the Homecoming Kings, last year at the Atlantis Music Conference in Atlanta, and I was literally blown away by his voice and passion, however understated it may be. The intensity hovers under the pretty tunes and spacey feeling that is given off. Erich is not a showy guy from what I can tell. He’s a cute, big guy who is probably as warm as are his songs. The first half of I am dying to outlive you is a lush concoction of all things good about modern day music production, but then the EP stumbles over Old Enough, a less-than-two-minute misplaced acoustic that questions death, picks back up for the next two tracks, then ends with another sad acoustic. Marry a Thief really is doing something good, putting some beauty into a dark world, and leaves open questions and interpretations for each lucky listener who can find them.