Secret Society - EP
The Sheila Divine
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The Swan | The Sheila Divine | 4:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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We All Have Problems | The Sheila Divine | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dramatica | The Sheila Divine | 3:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Back to the Cradle | The Sheila Divine | 2:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Calling All Lovers | The Sheila Divine | 4:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Black River | The Sheila Divine | 5:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 6 Songs |
Album Review
Apparently the Sheila Divine's final release — the band announced their breakup in early 2003 — the 25-minute, six-track EP is the culmination of the group's conflation of an unabashed love of 120 Minutes-era alternative pop/rock and Weezer-circa-Pinkerton pop-emo. Even more than on previous albums like The New Parade, singer-guitarist Aaron Perrino wears his Echo and the Bunnymen/Smiths/Gene Loves Jezebel/Siouxsie and the Banshees/Cure influences proudly, stocking each song with the kind of reverb-heavy guitar riffs, doom-laden lyrics, and politely anguished vocals familiar to generations of black-clad high school students. (The song "Dramatica" in this context sounds like a sly bit of self-deprecation.) The production is more full-bodied than on earlier records, replacing the occasional scratchiness of before with a more complex instrumental blend that's a much better foil for Perrino's booming, melodramatic vocals. Although Secret Society is an impressive record, it's difficult to see where the Sheila Divine could have gone from here, unless John Hughes started making teen-angst films again and needed somebody to write the soundtracks.
Customer Reviews
Buy "Back To the Cradle"
It's one of the most haunting and rocking songs TSD ever recorded. It was actually written for a friend of theirs who suffered some sort of mental ailment which left him in a perpetual catatonic state--a vegetable, more or less. The song's initial desperate guitar attack gives way to soft, creeping verses and the sort of vocal-explosion chorus Aaron Perrino had by this point made his own. The other songs are good, too, but overall it is not the band's best work. "Back To the Cradle" is really the only song that surpasses anything they did on their previous two albums, so shell out your buck and buy it now!
Biography
Formed: Boston, MA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs By The Sheila Divine
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Hum | The Sheila Divine (Demo Version) - EP | 2:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hum | New Parade | 2:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dramatica | Secret Society - EP | 3:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Back to the Cradle | Secret Society - EP | 2:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Like a Criminal | The Sheila Divine (Demo Version) - EP | 3:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Black River | Secret Society - EP | 5:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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We All Have Problems | Secret Society - EP | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Swan | Secret Society - EP | 4:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Calling All Lovers | Secret Society - EP | 4:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Like a Crminal | New Parade | 3:48 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $5.94
- Genres: Rock, Music, Alternative, Indie Rock
- Released: Sep 10, 2002
- ℗ 2006 The Arena Rock Recording Company
