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Title: Clearing The Channel
Release date: 22 March, 2005
Record label: Rock Ridge Music
Single: All That's Left Behind
Official website: Sinch
Wikipedia: Sinch
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Tracklisting
01. Silence Broken
02. All That's Left Behind
03. Identity Theft
04. The Last Scene
05. Dead Sentinels
06. Sails
07. Vanishing Act
08. The Power of Suggestion
09. What They Mean When They Say
10. One in the Same
11. Hydroplane
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It’s no surprise that four bored suburban kids might decide to start a band in high school, maybe play a few “gigs”, maybe even stick together for a few years and try to make it in the “big city.”
This may sum up how Sinch began in vocalist Jamie Stem’s
parents’ garage circa 1994. But, their collective desire to create
new sounds and incorporate technology into their music and
performance has brought them to a greater path. Despite hitting
myriad roadblocks along the way, Sinch has remained completely intact
for the past ten years, dedicated to their pursuit.
Sinch
consists of five core members that come together to create, to
construct, and deconstruct the art in their surroundings. Using
guitarist Tony Lannutti’s ominous guitar tones and singer Stem’s
ability to switch, with ease, from soft, passionate melodies into
taut unnatural screams, the band steadily creeps its way into
explosions. The intensity of emotions erupts through the group’s
collective pores. With Mike Abramson’s driving bass lines and Dan
McFarland’s intricate drumming providing both the engine and fuel,
there is just something special about this band that you can’t
quite put your finger on, and maybe don’t want to.
Anchored
in the Philadelphia suburbs, Sinch’s popularity has grown year
after year. With the March 22, 2005 release of Clearing The
Channel on Rock Ridge Music, the band continues on its
journey and takes the next giant leap. The 11-track album is replete
with haunting melodies, lashing riffs, and slicing lyrics; it’s a
shining example of modern hard rock. Co-produced by Sinch and Drew
Mazurek (Linkin Park, Nothingface, Dog Fashion Disco), Clearing
The Channel features such tunes as “Silence Broken,”
“Dead Sentinels,” and “Hydroplane,” showcasing the band’s
passion, talent, and commitment to using technology to enhance the
musical experience.
The
undeniable proof of this facet of the band’s arsenal is Jay Smith,
the fifth member of Sinch. In order to add a visual element
to the performance, Smith invented and patented the Viditar, a
full-on editing console contained in a device that looks much like a
Lucite guitar. Onstage, armed with this “ocular noise machine”
and a hard drive full of CNN footage and odd visual loops (like Osama
Bin Laden morphing into Jesus morphing into Hillary Clinton), Smith
edits and cuts at breakneck speed on stage, playing alongside the
musicians, sweating out each and every drop of video brilliance. His
contribution is essential, creating palpable connections between the
images, the lyrics, and the sound. The full multi-media spectacle is
the true Sinch experience.
Clearing
The Channel is the follow-up to the band’s self-titled 2002
release which was produced by Malcolm Springer (Full Devil Jacket,
Saliva, Greenwheel). Sinch (Roadrunner) spawned the hit
single “Something More,” one of the top 100 active rock singles
of the year and an oft-requested video on MTV. The album was called
“captivating” and “mesmerizing,” and earned impressive sales
in such markets as Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, and Los Angeles.
By
taking chances mixed with equal doses of innovation, the Sinch
boys have since been dubbed the “brothers of invention” by
Philadelphia Weekly and continue to evolve their already
intriguing live show with each and every performance. Sinch
will launch an extensive tour in February ’05.
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