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9 tracks | 49 minutes
Released Nov 2006
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:20 Behind Curtains Closing lyrics BUY MP3 06:20 Behind Curtains Closing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:20 Behind Curtains Closing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:09 Early Morning Ambulance lyrics BUY MP3 06:09 Early Morning Ambulance lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:09 Early Morning Ambulance
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 08:00 City Lights Scraped The Sky lyrics BUY MP3 08:00 City Lights Scraped The Sky lyrics "GIFT MP3" 08:00 City Lights Scraped The Sky
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:28 In The Company Of Others lyrics BUY MP3 04:28 In The Company Of Others lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:28 In The Company Of Others
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:19 With The Tides In Hindsight lyrics BUY MP3 04:19 With The Tides In Hindsight lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:19 With The Tides In Hindsight
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:07 Miles Of White lyrics BUY MP3 04:07 Miles Of White lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:07 Miles Of White
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:36 We Watched Them Lose Our Minds lyrics BUY MP3 03:36 We Watched Them Lose Our Minds lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:36 We Watched Them Lose Our Minds
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 08:06 Screaming At Anything That Moved lyrics BUY MP3 08:06 Screaming At Anything That Moved lyrics "GIFT MP3" 08:06 Screaming At Anything That Moved
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Ambient, instrumental rock from Virginia.
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"Unsurprisingly, Loyal Eyes Betrayed Our Minds is a shining example of what all instrumental rock bands should be doing. Gifts From Enola juxtapose elements of post-rock with a large hard-rock mindset and then allow an experimental bent to soften the edges. Structurally Loyal Eyes covers all the bases. Some songs explode out of the gates with blistering intensity and then recede slowly back into the sonic landscape with a timid disposition. Other times the band waits for the dynamic breakdown and sets the scene up with calm waves of ambience and scant field recordings. The longer tracks on the album "City Lights Scraped the Sky" and "Screaming at Anything that Move" see the band doing its best post-rock impression, undulating through passages densely populated with guitar riffs and those which contain only the solo beat of the drum or lone picking of the guitar.
↓ more ↓I find these two tracks to be the most indicative of the band's future; not only does the band break the mold and deliver the lengthy song in a digestible form, but we also see them delving into a slightly jam-oriented act. Had this been taken to its logical conclusion Loyal Eyes would liken have been ruined by the intangible meanderings of a reckless band. However, Gifts From Enola stay enough in form to keep the track moving along smoothly and this conscious move is a spectacular dessert to an already hearty meal.
I'd be lying if I said that Loyal Eyes didn't contain that spark that makes you want to listen to it repeatedly ad nausea. These four young men have a passion about the music they're creating that really makes the album an enjoyable experience. At the core of it, that’s really what music is all about. Youth often boils music down to the essentials, and Gifts From Enola shows exactly how captivating that can be. "
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