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emerson was a Buffalo-based band from 2000 to 2002 that released two EPs- the now out-of-print "Greyline EP" and their final recording "The Fine Art Of Saying Goodbye." http://www.rspro.net/emerson for more info be sure to check out CLEARMOTIVE: http://www.cdbaby.com/clearmotive2 and http://www.clearmotive.net
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Few, if any, CDs have affected me like this one. I stumbled across this CD while searching this website. I listened to the samples and, before long, I knew I was onto something special. Standout opening track "Hopeless, Speechless" is so powerful and poignant that it soon became perhaps my favourite song of all-time. A soothing and ambient first half of the track - followed by a spoken-word sample promoting self-confidence - soon gives way to a rousing crescendo of heartfelt vocals. And so it begins. The album ends with the fittingly titled "To Say Goodbye", the last track of the last album recorded by a band that broke up too soon. Having played with the likes of a then-largely-unknown Thursday, Emerson were clearly on the brink of something special. But alas, their music remains largely undiscovered outside of a relatively small circle of people who still remember them with fondness - a group of people, myself included, who can't help but wonder "what if?". Read more...