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• Artist: Bel Auburn
• Album: Cathedrals
• Label: Damselfly
• Year of Release: 2004
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2004-08-10

Bel Auburn is a new band coming from Ohio. They have released an EP by themselves before signing to the Damselfly Records label for their new full-length Cathedrals. Their sound is almost set for the big stages with a larger than life production. Cathedrals opens with a track called "The Speed Of Thought" with a bit of a U2 feel guitar echo happening. This is the song where I got the "big stage" feel for the band. On this track the lyrics are a little sparse with about 4 lines of them, but if you weren't paying attention, you probably wouldn't notice. The second track, "Sing What You Mean" starts out very strong but seems to lose speed when Scott Williams starts to really croon. It just seems like it goes on forever even though the song is under 5 minutes long. Then they get into the ballad thing with mixed results. It's the gentle guitar picking that you can hear on tracks like "The Longest Year" that sets Bel Auburn apart. Bel Auburn is a band that shows some very big potential on Cathedrals. They haven't quite tapped into all their possibilities but with some maturing, this band will top all of the charts. I would also like to comment on the very professional liner as well. It's about 20 pages with lyrics and song descriptions as well as some classy artwork.

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