Holding Hands (@ 35,000 Ft.)

Description

Holding Hands (@ 35,000 Ft.) is the debut album by the American indie rock band Denison Marrs, released on 6×6 Records in 1999, distributed by Platinum Distribuiton. The album was recorded and mixed by Skye MacCaskey Strawberry Studio in Nashville; with Marc Byrd of Common Children, Hammock, and The Choir fame and Terry & Tommy Platt producing. All music by the band, with lyrics written by lead singer Eric Collins.

Denison Marrs features Eric Collins on guitar and lead vocals; Daniel Day on guitar; Joseph Bucklew on bass; and Jonathan Bucklew on drums.

This is emo core at its finest. Denison Marrs take the space rock of Humb, combine it with the raw emotion of Dear Ephesus, and melt it all together into a puddle of emotional bliss. If you’re like me, and you love the emotion and power of the emo sound, but hate the fact that the vocalists can never sing, your days of whining are over. Denison Marrs has arrived to finally master the full spectrum of emotion and talent. This CD has 12 songs that will put you in a state of euphoria with its huge overwhelming wall of beautiful yet chaotic tones enveloping everything in its path. There isn’t one song that seems better than the rest; all of them melt together into one continuing journey of melodic brilliance. That is not to say that any one of these songs couldn’t stand on their own; it is only to say that all the songs are so good that you won’t ever want to hit the skip button. This isn’t a “skip to your favorite song and then take it out” release. This is one you want to take in as a whole; it’s just that good. Lyrically, the same approach is taken as the music. Very poetic yet worshipful lyrics pour over the listening ears like soothing oil. Most of the songs are cries for help to the Lord or just pure adoration for Him. If this is a sign of what Six by Six will be putting out, then we definitely need to keep our eye on this new label; we’ll have a lot to look forward to. If you have been waiting for that perfect emo album that seemed would never come, do yourself a favor and buy this CD. [David M Pogge, HM, January 2000]

CD tracklist:

01. Holding Hands
02. Every Star
03. Oxygen
04. Polaris
05. Xr4ti
06. From The Centre
07. Heavy Laden
08. Silver
09. Random
10. Better 3/4ths
11. Eyes Will Dance
12. @ 35,000 Ft.

Note: Re-issued on Limited Edition cassette (50 copies only) by Friend Club Records in 2020.