| View Larger Image | Between the Heart and the Synapse | Audio CDby The Receiving End of Sirens
| List Price: | $13.98 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Studio: | Triple Crown | | Release Date: | April 26, 2005 | | Sales Rank: | 17,112th |
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TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Prologue
- Track 2: Planning a Prison Break
- Track 3: Rival Cycle
- Track 4: Evidence
- Track 5: War of All Against All
- Track 6: ...Then I Defy You, Stars
- Track 7: Intermission
- Track 8: This Armistice
- Track 9: Broadcast Quality
- Track 10: Flee the Factory
- Track 11: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- Track 12: Venona
- Track 13: Epilogue
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Album Description
Electronically enhanced hard rockin' in the vein of Hot Rod Circuit meets The Refused. Their unique sound, sharpened by producer Matt Squire (Northstar, Thrice), recreates the boundaries of the genre. They have a hearty appetite for touring and a face-melting live show. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 38 reviews)
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Between the Heart and the synapse (Bthats) by Bob  5 Stars
September 09, 2008
I bought this album along with some albums from the band Thursday. I looked at their album cover for Bthats, listened to some of the sample songs. Decided to give the band a try and ordered it. First song, Prologue (1) isn't much to listen to. I think it's just to get u in the "treos" style music haha. Anyways, from here on, it will be a list on the "actual" songs in this album, rating and comments.
2. Planning a Prison break (4.5/5) This song gets tiring to listen to after a while but it is a nice song to listen to once and a while. Sounds a little catchy but chorus sounds nice. :)
3. The Rival Cycle (4.7/5) Really like this song but other songs have better chorus's therefore I give it a 4.7.
4. The evidence (3.9/5) Doesnt really meet the high expectations for this album but it's never bad to have enough treos haha :P.
5. The war of All Against All (4/5) Similar to "The Evidence" but this song shows effort in the chorus. I like the beginning and the way they sing in this song.
6. ... Then I defy you Stars (4.3/5) Chorus in this song sounds brilliant. Can't make out what they say so look up the lyrics!
7. Intermission (4.2/5) I'm not sure why an instrumental song like this could make me like it. But if you listen to this by yourself, it sounds pleasant. :)
8. THIS ARMISTICE (10/5) Probably my favorite song not just in this album but in the whole musical world. I can't express how energetic and refreshing the chorus's are in this song. The lyrics are well thought out and clever. But also quiets down into a gentle jumble of words.
This is treos's strong point right in the heart of this song. Even though Casey (one of the vocalits) left the band, the live videos of treos on youtube after Casey left shows the band's talent. The crowd goes crazy, the band is singing to the best of their ability. I'm going to miss hearing this song live.
9. Broadcast Quality (4.5/10) Sounds really good. Chorus isn't loud enough for me though. But I still love the song.
10. Flee the Factory (4.4/10) Same comments as Broadcast Quality.
11. Dead men tell no tales (4.9/10) Saving some of the best songs from here to the the end of the album. Great lyrics and powerful chorus.
12. Venona (4.8/10) Not sure why the song was named that but I like the song. Sounds nice live so I love that part too.
13. EPILOGUE (10/5) ONE WORD. EPIC. THis song is just heaven to my ears. In the beginning of the song, you think it's going to be passive but as the 2 minute mark hits, you realize that its loud and EPIC. I would buy the album just for this song and "This Armistice."
The passion and energy in these songs is just incredible and I can't find any other band that I love more than treos. Best album ever. Treos's other album (The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi) is also great but is a little quieter than this one). Still, Check The Receiving End of Sirens out. Cannot regret buying this album. Sorry that I didn't have enough time reviewing this album. :'(.
TREOS IS EPIC!!! PEACE.
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TREOS=<33 by This is the last night in my body (East Coast) 5 Stars
May 12, 2008
The Receiving End of Sirens; such an amazing band. My first TREOS experience came in December '05. I went to see Senses Fail, and TREOS opened for them. I dont remember much because I didt really know who they were so I wasnt paying full attention. I picked up the album in late '05 early '06 and remember hating it. I just could not get into it. It wasnt that it was bad it was just so hard to understand this record because my ear had never heard anything like it before. But I forced myself to keep listening to it and I eventually fell in love with this album and this band. I had the honor to meet all of the members of TREOS (even casey!) at one of their final shows May 2nd @ Lupos in Providence, RI. It was an amazing experience and this band has definetly changed my life for the better. I suggest to anyone a fan of any genre pick up this album and to also pick up their follow up album "The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi" which is also an AMAZING album. I am so upset they are no longer together
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Too brilliant for the Warped Tour crowd by Sean M. Chandler (Kentucky, USA) 5 Stars
March 06, 2007
Although I would hate to call another reviewer an "idiot", I agree that suggesting that this album is "emo", "punk", or sounds anything like/offers anything remotely similar to bands like Taking Back Sunday, New Found Glory, and Saves the Day...is ignorant.
This is not your average Warped Tour fare. This album is a brilliant work of art, expertly crafted by five extremely talented musicians with a level of genius you rarely find in a single member of any band, much less in FIVE members of ONE band. Seriously, TREOS is that good. And this is just the first record...
To call this album, "emo" is selling it way short. "Epicore" (epic core) or "Litcore" (literary core) would be much more appropriate. The thematic elements of this album borrow from everything from the works of Thomas Hobbes to Romeo & Juliet, with even shades of Marxist literature at points (see "Flee the Factory"). And the lyrics are like old romantic poetry. "Where art thou? I've dressed up this canvas skin; painted something colorful just for you" (Then I Defy You, Stars) is just one example of the beautiful, romantic lyrical expression to be found on this epic disc.
Musically, the three vocalists jump in and fade out in a nearly seamless, dreamy arrangement--almost like multiple thoughts jumping around inside your head (give it a shot with earphones, just once). The instrumental arrangements do the same thing, supporting the lyrical swings, and finding different ways to progress an energetic album that doesn't stop or let down for a moment (save the occasional slow segue such as that found at the end of "The War of All Against All").
The production is what floors me, though. On no other album will you find themes and lyrics so brilliantly tying an album together--giving it a coherent wholeness. Almost every song on the album has a counter-piece where lyrics, themes, and musical arrangements will blend into one another. "The Evidence" and "Broadcast Quality" for example are tied together by the line "Her fingers, like spiders, spun a web my body couldn't shed" while "Then I Defy You Stars" and "Venona" are paired by the usage of Romeo as a sort of counterpoint for the songs ("Do you like what you see?...Oh, Romeo"). For this reason, I find it almost impossible to put this album in just to listen to one song. I play it for either the first half (before 'Intermission') or the second half (post 'Intermission'). Oh yeah, and Anthony Green does high-note assistance on "Flee the Factory". Balls. To. The. Wall (since I've been way too formal).
So, every song on the album is phenomenal and has been my favorite song at one time or another. The weakest is probably "Planning a Prison Break" or "Dead Men Tell No Tales" although the former serves as a good, more-mainstream-sounding track for hooking newcomers to the band. My favorites are 'The War of All Against All', "Broadcast Quality", "Then I Defy You Stars", and "Venona".
This is the most amazing album conceptually I may have ever heard. All other albums are just music, for what it's worth. This is a movement. Hopefully Casey's departure won't keep "The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi" from being another revelation. After seeing them live a couple of weeks ago, though, I'm far from worried.
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Best CD Ever by Copolyol 5 Stars
October 18, 2006
They are unlike any other band. Don't even worry about what 'genre' they fall into. The Receiving End of Sirens rocks.
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pinnacle of everything that is modern "emo" by Strobe Lights And Blown Speakers (Louisville) 5 Stars
September 26, 2006
the pinnacle of everything that is modern "emo", although i know that tag is misleading and incorrect (see: coheed, funeral for a friend, probably a dozen bands on mtv2, etc). soaring, strong melodies over top of slick drumming (with occassional aid of electronics) and sweet guitar licks. the band is clearly influenced by radiohead and genesis as much as they are fugazi and quicksand. very unique outing that serves both as a milestone of whatever scene some might lump them in and as the album that would make people shake the predominant view that all "emo" is uninspired, boring, and melodramatic.
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