From Suburbanvoice Issue 30 (1991) (via Operation Phoenix):“VOICEBOX - Silence Lies (Workshed): One-off project with Dan O'Mahony (ex-No For An Answer) and Chuck Treece (ex-Underdog) . Bad Brains influenced rock, with surprisingly versatile vocals from Mr. O'Mahony. Powerful and soulful.”
I guess in HC circles this indeed passes as soulful. It’s a little gem of a record that most guys my age probably already know (bring on the reminiscin’…). This is mid-tempo, post-hardcore with a searing guitar and introspective lyrics. And given that it involves Dan O’Mahoney and was released shortly before the 411 LP came out, not surprisingly a lot of the things that I wrote below on the 411 post apply here as well.
I have often heard this derided by hard-line apostles of the SxE church and of the Dan O’Mahoney canon in particular, probably because it is a lot slower and not as “hard” as NFAA (well, probably because it is not NFAA, period).
As much as I like NFAA, and without taking anything away from them, I always liked O’Mahoney’s later bands and projects better. Most of them were musically and lyrically more varied (you know, not so preachy and a bit more personal – “mature” is probably the word I am looking for). This 7" leapfrogs most of these later bands in that regard, too, because it features the great guitar work of Chuck Treece. Anyway, in my opinion these 2 songs here hold up really well, and it’s too bad that this is all that these guys recorded together.
And if you can’t tell by the title of this post, my favorite part is when Dan O' cues Chuck for his guitar solo on "Cold Inside".
I guess in HC circles this indeed passes as soulful. It’s a little gem of a record that most guys my age probably already know (bring on the reminiscin’…). This is mid-tempo, post-hardcore with a searing guitar and introspective lyrics. And given that it involves Dan O’Mahoney and was released shortly before the 411 LP came out, not surprisingly a lot of the things that I wrote below on the 411 post apply here as well.
I have often heard this derided by hard-line apostles of the SxE church and of the Dan O’Mahoney canon in particular, probably because it is a lot slower and not as “hard” as NFAA (well, probably because it is not NFAA, period).
As much as I like NFAA, and without taking anything away from them, I always liked O’Mahoney’s later bands and projects better. Most of them were musically and lyrically more varied (you know, not so preachy and a bit more personal – “mature” is probably the word I am looking for). This 7" leapfrogs most of these later bands in that regard, too, because it features the great guitar work of Chuck Treece. Anyway, in my opinion these 2 songs here hold up really well, and it’s too bad that this is all that these guys recorded together.
And if you can’t tell by the title of this post, my favorite part is when Dan O' cues Chuck for his guitar solo on "Cold Inside".
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