"In a Case of Fire" e.p.
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Record Label: Submarine Fleet
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Submarine Fleet is a 5 piece band consisting of electric guitars (6 string, baritone, and bass), drums, and vocals. The 5 members (residents of portland, oregon) combine dreamy high frequency shimmer, deep range melodiousness, and hypnotic rhythms to set the stage for passionate male vocals with surrealist leanings.
Submarine Fleet has often been compared to the likes of 1980's 4AD label artists such as Cocteau Twins (primarily with respect to their heavily layered guitar work). However, upon closer observation, hints of things more reminiscent of Blonde Redhead, And Also The Trees, and Ummagumma era Pink Floyd become recognizable. Add to that their generous song lengths, which build and maintain their resonance through a well crafted intensity, and you come up with a sound that is at once psychedelic, intriguing and mysterious.
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author: Krystal Turner
This album is perfect. The mix is stellar and the talents of each band member really shine through. I can't see myself ever getting tired of listening to this CD.
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Beautiful , heady melodies with a rock'in finish
author: Foster
The first 4 songs of this cd are heady , trippy sounding stuff with a lot of stuff to listen to and for ...great for laying back in bed and listening to after the intoxicant of your choice ;) ....the last track brings the tempo up a bit and rocks ! ...great stuff all around , can't wait to hear more from this band !
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author: PLAZM MAGAZINE issue 28 (2006)
Lush layers, mountainous guitars, foreboding bass, psychedelic swatches of sound: this EP borrows the better, darker aspects of many 1980's sounds, leapfrogging them into a new era of sonic exploration. - AK
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author: PerformerMAG.com - The Musician's Resource
"Imagine floating amidst a dark turbulent sea with a twilight sky beckoning eerily above as you seek the dawn. This is the scene invoked while listening to Submarine Fleet’s debut album In a Case of Fire. The hybrid sound combines a fair serving of Buck-Tick, a trace of Lisa Gerrard, and a splash of Enya. Each song is an orchestra piece for modern instruments, unfolding in slow dramatic turns. The songs are long, from just less than four minutes to more than eight.
Mark Linder, as singer, possesses a lower tenor with a strong vibrato. Primarily staying within his middle range, Linder’s use of ornamentation is exceptional and well executed. With precise phrasing and commendable breath control his voice rises like a siren from the watery flow of the music. His voice is similar to that of Kazushi from Rouage.
Guitars played by Lauren McKenzie and Ash Sain are as prominent as the voice and at times even outshine it. Their riffs are both the evil and the light of the sound, in essence its soul. Keys played by Sain are the cold watery tendrils pulling you in deeper. Ashe Ruppe’s muted bass twists and pulses just below the tides of melody, supporting and lifting it while adding darkness to the sound. Drums by Dan Canty are solid if not varied with vibrant cymbals crashing like waves.
The artistic insight and dark musical wisdom apparent on In a Case of Fire is a sparkling gleam on the horizon as we sail into the future of an amazing band. (Self-released)"
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