Collapse

Description

Collapse is a five-track CD-EP by the American indiepop band Deas Vail, released on Brave New World in December 2006. The album was produced by Mark Lee Townsend. Mixed by J.R. McNeely, with Townsend mixing tracks 4 and 5.

This summer, newcomers Deas Vail threw out a twenty-minute teaser for present and future fans with the release of the EP Collapse. The EP begins with «This Place is Painted Red», which features Kelsey Harelson’s ratatat drums conversing with Andy Moore’s slurred speech guitar before vocalist Wes Blaylock interrupts with liquid vocals. Fingers tickle piano keys into chords while bows drag across strings making this song a powerful opener to the album. The energetic instrumental layering weaves throughout the last four songs as the classically trained Blaylock jumps from a crooning tenor to a smooth falsetto reminiscent of Mae singer Dave Elkins. The piano driven «Standing Still» closes out the album encouraging listeners, “Don’t give up now, no / Don’t throw your heart away.” Boasting over 3,000 friends on myspace and gigs at Cornerstone Festival, Deas Vail has already begun to conjure up a solid fan base. If this five-song sample is any indication of what’s to come, Deas Vail will have no problem positively representing the label Brave New World with the release of their first full length, All the Houses Look the Same. [Kelly Benson, HM Magazine, September/October 2006 (Issue #121)]

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CD-EP tracklist:

01. This Place Is Painted Red (Unreleased Version) – 4:36
02. Anything You Say (Unreleased Version) – 3:57
03. Follow Sound (Unreleased Version) – 5:48
04. Light As Air (Demo Version) – 3:28
05. Standing Still (Demo Version) – 2:39