Faustine Seilman – Silent Valley CDFaustine Seilman Silent Valley CD Delicate piano chords with the cold breath of a soft voice, FAUSTINE SEILMAN s song writing is brutally heartfelt. She whispers words coming from a life long story of love and hate, birth and death. She also masters her piano and gives depths and shapes to let emotions go, like if they were too heavy to hold. The band sometimes bursts into anger with layers of powerful guitars and bass, or softens the melancholy with

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The “Shamebirds” LP will make the coldest

musically and lyrically

An autodidact poet

As a matter of fact

The mood here is introspective

by sprinkling covers of Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings amid twangy originals like album opener “Sidelights” and “Lucky Lady

“NEW ALBUM DEAD TUBES IS RIDDLED WITH THE ANGST OF ADULTHOOD

these boys take pride in the fact that you can still bang your head to spacey leads and ambient melodies

"Skin Deep" and the other five tracks clock in with some of the meatiest pop since

“False Positive” combines punk rock and dub

let it haunt me