TIME SILENT RADIO II

Echolyn has been one of my favorite bands since their early days, with albums like Echolyn (1991), Suffocating the Bloom (1992), As the World (1995), and Mei (2002). They have a fascinating discography, but after Mei, and speaking objectively, the band started to lose what made them interesting. The music became boring, lost its charm, its dissonance, its madness?it became bourgeois in sound, in the best sense of the word.

Then came The End Is Beautiful (2005), which had some flashes of brilliance, and their self-titled album in 2012, which starts off devastatingly strong but then fades away, returning to the same patterns without truly transcending.

At the end of 2024, I received an email informing me that Echolyn would be releasing two albums in March of this year: Time Silent Radio II and Time Silent Radio VII. This news sparked a lot of anticipation. To make the release more appealing, the band offered several options, including green purchases with downloads, special prices, and limited editions. Finally, the release arrived. The first thing I heard was Time Silent Radio II.

And here is the review. The truth is, the album generates more expectation than it actually delivers. I think the band's mistake was in creating such high expectations in the first place.

The album consists of two long tracks and runs for almost 50 minutes. It moves through different atmospheres and sounds, gradually building up flashes of intensity and power. I've never fully grasped the concept behind it, but the music envelops you and takes you places. The first track, Time Has No Place, is incredible, evolving in an excellent way. Something similar happens with the second track?the band knows how to jam and play. The music is exceptional and perhaps the best thing Echolyn has done since The End Is Beautiful. Personally, I enjoyed it a lot. All the elements that make us love this band are here.

While it's a great album, it can't be considered a masterpiece?but it is an excellent record, made with dedication and passion. Echolyn reminds me of a band like Tool in the way they build expectations around every release, but in the end, it's just another record.

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