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Eastern Conference Champions Speak-ahh (RockHampton Records, 2011) Track list: |
I apologize for selfishly listening to Eastern Conference Champions’ ‘Speak-ahh’ since its release (April 26, 2011) and not once mentioning how amazing an album it is. As a music lover I’m rather disappointed with myself. If you’ll allow me, I would like a chance to make amends.
Eastern Conference Champions’ latest album ‘Speak-ahh’ is an amazing album and one that I would highly recommend to everyone. First off, the creative power of Eastern Conference Champions (ECC) is unreal. Joshua Ostrander’s voice has a hauntingly beautiful tone that brings a unique sound to the songs and nice guitar playing too. Greg Lyons is outstanding on drums, need I say more. Melissa Dougherty, third member of this rock-trio, is excellent on guitar.
Musically ‘Speak-ahh’ is brilliant and lyrically it’s just as impressive. “Attica” is the opening track, coated in ECC-rock goodness, and holds these lyrics “spare me the death of a thousand stabs and just tell me what you hadn’t planned.” And that’s just a taste of ECC’s lyrical descriptiveness. Oh my, that lingering percussive bass heard in “Hell Or High Water” is incredible. “The boys we know of Illinois, your voices are still ringing in my ears.” Look at ECC, mentioning their friends in the band Illinois (another great band you should know) – cool! “How Long” is another standout track for its engaging beat. I love the heartfelt lyrics “if love is easy I’ll break your heart” on “Offkilter”. “Atlas” is an intense and wonderful song recorded but hear it live and it’s phenomenal. Check out ECC’s official video for “Atlas” and you might get a better understanding of what I mean. What I’ve written here is only a sample of the album’s highlights. There’s far more to ‘Speak-ahh’ that words can’t express and only the music can.
‘Speak-ahh’ by Eastern Conference Champions definitely deserves to be among the other great ECC albums (The Southampton Collection, Ameritown, Santa Fe, and Akustiks) and in your music collection. If this blog was to adopt a 5-star rating system, ‘Speak-ahh’ would easily get 5 out of 5 stars.
[LISTEN] “Attica” from ‘Speak-ahh’ by Eastern Conference Champions
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