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Secret & Whisper: Great White Whale
The Indie Review
By Sean Duregger
February 14, 2008
Artist: Secret & Whisper
Album: Great White Whale
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Secret & Whisper is a band that has been getting some hype for some time now. So, of course I decided I’d better check them out. Great White Whale was released on Tooth and Nail Records this week and I have to tell you: save your money, buy Saosin instead.
Secret & Whisper sound like Saosin’s jealous younger brother. There is absolutely no originality to this album. In fact, I began to think I was listening to some unreleased Saosin demos. The vocals, guitars, drums & song structure have no originality to them what-so-ever.
Great White Whale is an uninspired copy-cat. Buy any Saosin or Circa Survive album and forget this trash ever existed.
6 Responses to “Secret & Whisper: Great White Whale”
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Dave
Posted: Feb 27th, 2008 at 10:40 pm1Reply to this comment.So brutal yet so true. Charles stuff with thebleedingalarm was much better.
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leo
Posted: Mar 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm2Reply to this comment.agree..
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scott
Posted: May 30th, 2008 at 1:17 pm3Reply to this comment.i couldn’t disagree more. there’s a reason for the hype behind this band. to each his own i guess, but this album definitely consists of some solid material.
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Vile.
Posted: Jul 6th, 2008 at 8:48 pm4Reply to this comment.I would say, that it’s alot better than the cove era saosin stuff for the simple fact that the guy for Secret and Whisper can actually sing live, I saw them with lower definition yesterday days ago and it was awesome. but this doesn’t compare to anything with anthony green.
don’t get me wrong, I love cove’s singing on the record, and the Saosin LP is probably the album I’ve listened to most in my life other than Underoath’s they’re only chasing safety.
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Sean
Posted: Jul 7th, 2008 at 10:39 am5Reply to this comment.I haven’t seen them live, so I have no ground to stand on there. But, just comparing the albums (and yes…the anthony green saosin is FAR superior) there are SO many similarities it’s hard to ignore.
I have strangely found myself revisiting this album a few times, but still can’t get my ears around how similar they sound. Maybe their next album will be a bit more original. I do agree these guys have some significant talent and potential. Just not a fan of the debut.
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Sean
Posted: Jul 10th, 2008 at 9:08 pm6Reply to this comment.OK….so I just heard the new Saosin Live album. Sheesh, Vile…Cove can’t hold a tune live. I don’t know why they released that filler of a live album.
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