{"id":2902,"date":"2010-10-03T17:55:38","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T00:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2010-10-03T17:55:38","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T00:55:38","slug":"two-new-releases-from-silber-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/10\/03\/two-new-releases-from-silber-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Two new releases from Silber Records!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>The Wet Teens
\nLet it Pee<\/em>
\nSilber Records
\nwww.silbermedia.com
\nReviewed by Kent Manthie<\/strong>
\n Ahh\u2026to be a carefree teenager again: invincible, immortal, no responsibilities save getting good grades scoring a bitchin\u2019 ride.
\n On a slight detour from the average Silber Records CD, which is usually more experimental-driven, drone-noise-ambient-everything-but-the-kitchen-sink types of tinkering and toying with.
\n The Wet Teens\u2019 new CD, Let it Pee<\/em> is a raunchy, hilarious romp, evoking memories of late-night parties, raunchy, meaningless sex, sex, sex and the devil-may-care attitude that accompanies such a thrill-ride. The Wet Teens are not, as was de rigueur back in the 2002-2007 days, full of faux-angst and almost over-their-heads in polemic logic that quickly degenerated into brooding and heavy drug use (Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Blink 182 – a small exception there, since their lyrics were mostly just sophomoric dick jokes and stupid sexual innuendo which wasn\u2019t even funny, just bathetic).
\n As a band, these young hedonists may at first come off as a bunch of crude frat-boy-pranks, but there is actual talent there. I can\u2019t say that they aren\u2019t also guilty of over-the-top sexual crassness – but that is their raison d\u2019etre: they play their instruments well too, not virtuosic, but well enough to give them some \u201ccrit-cred\u201d (as opposed to \u201cstreet cred\u201d, dig?) – to coin a phrase\u2026in other words, they have the talent and the panache to back up their orgiastic party romps, their cleverly written tunes in which they let it all hang out, which makes it more fun to listen to – humorous songs that take you back to those awkward teenage days when anything went and you were immortal and knew everything and their was no consequences for any of your actions – not in the near term, anyway and that\u2019s all that mattered at the time – wasn\u2019t it? So, let\u2019s mark them in the \u201cCreative\u201d box and go on from there. So, bottom line – when you put on Let it Pee<\/em>, leave your silly, old-fashioned hang-ups in the closet, like so many unused coats and hats.
\n So, while The Wet Teens may be new and therefore I can\u2019t go on and compare this one to their old stuff, or whatnot, I can just say that it doesn\u2019t really do them justice to try to write what they\u2019re all about, I can only describe it from my point of view and say that it\u2019s worth a listen and then you\u2019ll understand what I\u2019m talking about.
\n The CD opens with an apropos introduction by Ron Jeremy (track 1) and then goes right into a song titled \u201cWet Teens\u201d – I guess you could call it their mission statement. Two other tracks that may arouse your enthusiasm are \u201cStuck In You\u201d and \u201cTriple X Sex\u201d. It\u2019s basically something you can use in place of the soundtrack for whatever porn flick is in your DVD player, turn down the volume on the tube and crank up the \u2018Teens. -KM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Irata
\nEye of Ra<\/em>
\nSilber Records, 2010
\nwww.silbermedia.com
\nReviewed by Kent Manthie<\/strong>
\n One of the new CDs I received from Silber Media to review was the new one by raw, edgy, experimental Irata, entitled Eye of Ra<\/em>. Don\u2019t pay attention to anything that may read \u201cmetal\u201d in conjunction with this CD. Although they are kind of hard and edgy, they\u2019re more like Tool or the lesser-known instrumental, metal-tinged\/syncopated jazz rhythm band Apeyga. Since the latter band is also an instrumental band (as is Irata) – they are a bit more apt as a comparison than Tool – but still, one can\u2019t help but hear certain Tool influences here and there throughout Eye of Ra<\/em>. The bassline, for one, really harkens back to Tool recordings as well as the consistently bombastic, yet tightly wound drumming. Then there\u2019s the excellent guitar work of Irata, which seems to be on a plane of their own. Influences for the guitarist are harder to pick out, just by guessing and listening.
\n Listening to Eye of Ra<\/em> I fell in love quickly with the album as a whole and really was impressed by the solid arrangements and the tightness with which they play. These qualities are evident on such examples as \u201cClown Rehab\u201d, a 4 minute jam that really keeps you paying attention, it doesn\u2019t drone off or get hyper-redundant, but cleverly just plows through the song and there is some kind of je ne sais quois about it that pulled me in the first time I listened to it. \u201cPilgrim\u201d is another good cut, a bit slower than \u201cClown Rehab\u201d, but it\u2019s a longer tune and it still rocks and penetrates the psyche. Another song worth mentioning here is an 8 minute jam, \u201cBaby\u2019s Breath\u201d.
\n Irata seems to have the spark and the intensity of a Smashing Pumpkins – talented, loud and at their best when just playing instrumentally, no singing needed, it\u2019d only be superfluous. They also have what may seem to be the showmanship of someone like The Fantomas – Mike Patton\u2019s (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) latest project. And if you\u2019ve ever seen Patton live – no matter who he was with (Mr. Bungle being the most entertaining and original projects), you know what I mean by \u201cshowmanship\u201d!
\n But just focus on Irata and what they can do for you: they will take away the stresses of a long day at work, get you pumped up for your daily workout routine or it can be a soundtrack to your party or your one-man vice machinations.
\n -KM<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wet Teens Let it Pee Silber Records www.silbermedia.com Reviewed by Kent Manthie Ahh\u2026to be a carefree teenager again: invincible, immortal, no responsibilities save getting good grades scoring a bitchin\u2019 ride. On a slight detour from the average Silber Records CD, which is usually more experimental-driven, drone-noise-ambient-everything-but-the-kitchen-sink types of tinkering and toying with. The Wet Teens\u2019 new CD, Let it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[573],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2627,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/07\/13\/moodring-shines-on-debut-cd-for-silber-media\/","url_meta":{"origin":2902,"position":0},"title":"Moodring shines on debut CD for Silber Media!","author":"Kent","date":"July 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Moodring Scared of Ferret Silber Records www.silbermedia.com Review by Kent Manthie On their Silber Records debut CD, Scared of Ferret, Moodring is set free to do anything (and everything) they want. 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