Bounty628's Full Review: Whispering Sin * by The Beauvilles
In Tampa, Florida there is a section of the city known as Ybor City that prides itself on a deep and rich history centered around both immigration and cigars. Having served as a home to factories that produced the tobacco product that so many have used over the years, Ybor City can now also proudly claim to be home of the up and coming band The Beauvilles. One thing is for certain though, The Beauvilles have no risk of going up in smoke as their Ybor City counterpart (the cigars) do.
Carried by a nice rock sound that is infused with the right mix of pop undertones, the music of The Beauvilles certainly helps their music appeal to a broad range of music fans. There seems to be a certain British influence that can be heard in the music with perhaps the vocals at times lending the most credence to that finding. The music illustrates that the band is capable of creating a sound that is both well performed and is also enjoyable to listen.
Released in September 2008, Whispering Sin is The Beauvilles first full length studio album and will undoubtedly help launch the bands career thanks to the successful launch. The album maintains several very good tracks that are well produced and nicely performed. The music of the band is accurately embodied within this album and the quality of the sound emphasizes the quality of the music that The Beauvilles are seeking to put out. For a debut studio album, the music comes together nicely on Whispering Sin and at times the listener can almost forget that The Beauvilles have not been a household name for some time now.
The Beauvilles are comprised of Shawn Kyle (guitars, vocals, percussion), Craig Holmes (drums, percussion), Johnny Barker (electric bass) and Christopher Tolan (guitars, vocals).
The album starts off nicely with the track Broad Sigh Dead and immediately the listener dives right into the music of The Beauvilles. There is a good beat that holds true throughout the track and the guitar is allowed to sort of reach out and separate itself from any vocal accompaniment at times. Nicely matched to the guitar going solo though is the vocals coming right back into the mix at just the right time. The percussive emphasis can be clearly heard and when all the elements of this track come together what the listener is left with is a solidly notable track.
There is a bit more of a pop-rock sound on the track The Revival. The track features a very distant and soft vocal performance that interestingly does not also share the same typical characteristic of being at a slower pace. Most of the time when a band tries to make vocals seem off in the distance it is usually done with slower and more methodical vocal performances but this track is the complete opposite. With a fast and upbeat vocal off in the distance there is a quite good dark beat at play on this track that when put together make this track extraordinarily good.
For me, the best track on the album hands down is Pretty in Pale. Though much of the album maintains a very broad based appeal perhaps no track better than Pretty in Pale exhibits a radio-ready sound to it. There is a brilliant likeability on this track that could certainly launch this track onto several different genres of radio stations. An ideal pairing of high performing vocals matched to what is the best rock sound on the album keeps the listener wrapped around the music of The Beauvilles quite nicely on this track. This might be the one track that could convince skeptics that The Beauvilles are indeed ready to take their music to the next level and beyond.
Track listing: •1. Broad Sigh Dead •2. Coming Apart •3. Lips (Fourteens) •4. Tropic of Cancer •5. Prom Dress •6. The Revival •7. Last Hymn of the Glorious Beat •8. Sing for Us •9. Bougainvillea •10. Snow •11. Pretty in Pale •12. Whispering Sin
For musicians, there is nothing more difficult than putting out a debut album. The pressure and worry focused on creating a sound that both represents what the music of the band is meant to be paired with the need to ensure that the studio production gives the band an end product that highlights what they were hoping to accomplish is enough to keep some bands out of the studio. But there is nothing better in the world for musicians who take the dive into the pool of studio recording and in the end are left with a product that not only they can be proud of but also a product that fans will listen to and will recognize immediately that indeed the band has succeeded.
With the album Whispering Sin, The Beauvilles have done just that. The album is a remarkable debut album for The Beauvilles and they should be proud that they have fared well. But what they should be even more proud of is that they have stayed true to what their music is all about and in the end will gain a deeper fan base just for that alone.
Whispering Sin is on the 24 Hour Service Station record label. For more information about The Beauvilles, check out their website at www.thebeauvilles.net.
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