If any band is deserving of the 100% American metal buzz currently swirling around Brand New Sin, God Forbid, and Shadows Fall, it’s California’s Brick Bath.
Silver Mt. Zion is a Godspeed You! Black Emperor side project. If you’re familiar with that band’s output (you really should be), you know what to expect.
With a nod to cult faves Deadguy and the posse of peers, There Were Wires dive headfirst into an assortment of anarchistic numbers of built-up aggression.
Like ’80s Heart (melodic hard-on rock, dripping with female harmonies and bold, powerful melodies belted-out) with modern production and sizzling guitarwork.
Moody and expressive, sometimes dreamy and scarce, sometimes “trip rock,” Anneke is now using her lovely voice comfortably, not to win awards or show off.