{"id":780,"date":"2007-12-03T15:19:29","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T14:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=780"},"modified":"2007-12-03T17:08:38","modified_gmt":"2007-12-03T16:08:38","slug":"christian-silva-onward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"christian silva &#8211; onward!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <META content=\"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544\" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE><\/STYLE> <\/HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in an age where most new music is recorded and  designed to be listened to via crappy earplugs in short treble intense blasts,  it&#8217;s a rather wonderful to come across an album that has been lovingly crafted  and blended like a fine wine, where the source material has been revisited over  and over until the results are properly ready for all to hear, and the songs  being given time to breathe and develop until all the various components work  together in perfect harmony.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so, going out on a limb, i would say that  <EM>onward! by <\/EM><STRONG>christian silva<\/STRONG> is one such album.  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the use of guitars (delicate acoustics, and full on  glam chords), pianos, banjos, synths, glockenspiels, and everything else but the  kitchen sink, has a gorgeous timeless quality about it making listening to a  complete album a genuinely pleasureable experience once again.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the reason for such a declaration is that  <STRONG>christian silva,<\/STRONG> (no longer <EM>christiansilva<\/EM> by the  looks of it &#8211; and consists of&nbsp;multi instrumentalist<EM>, christian  hardy,<\/EM> and some of his mates), have released quite a few of the songs  on&nbsp;the debut proper previously via mini albums, and various singles but in  slightly different forms than here. <\/FONT><FONT face=Arial  size=2>however,&nbsp;the songs have been taken to one  side,&nbsp;reappraised,&nbsp;had some of the sharper edges refined, and the  excess curtailed, making <EM>onward!&nbsp;<\/EM>a far more consistent listen then  i would ever have believed. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>part of this success could be down to the  introduction of some welcome production tweaks on a couple of tracks, by  established studio boffin <STRONG>dave <\/STRONG><EM><A  href=\"http:\/\/prosoundnewseurope.com\/pdf\/psne_download\/2007\/05\/PSNE_May07_P86_BT.pdf\">its  mp3s we should be worrying about<\/A><\/EM> <STRONG>bascombe<\/STRONG>, as i  would&nbsp;suggest that his experience have helped craft the final sound into  being such a delight to listen to from end to end in one complete session.  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>of course, there are times the <EM>&#8216;self indulgent  glam prog rock!&#8217;<\/EM> phrase could be easily thrown in the direction of some of  these songs, (hello <EM>the chopping board)<\/EM>, but&nbsp;this makes the album  even more special, as 3 minute formulaic indie pop is such a depressing genre to  aspire to, and so, i for one, shout out a big <EM>hurrah <\/EM>for such artistic  bravery in 2007.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>now i will be the first to admit that christian has  one of those show stopping, octave climbing vocals that can one minute caress  and sooth, <EM>not that we&#8217;d notice <\/EM>being the best example of such beauty,  and the next, strip your wallpaper. thankfully, the last couple of years have  taught christian how to balance his obvious talent with an urge to make tunes  that touch the heart and soul of the listener, and having hammered this album in  recent times,&nbsp;i would say there are&nbsp;many <EM>many <\/EM>people out  there, who if given the chance should indeed fall under the spell of this truly  excellent debut album.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A  href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocationofchristiansilva.com\/\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BODY><\/HTML><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in an age where most new music is recorded and designed to be listened to via crappy earplugs in short treble intense blasts, it&#8217;s a rather wonderful to come across an album that has been lovingly crafted and blended like a fine wine, where the source material has been revisited over and over until the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}