| The Secrets We Can't Keep | ||||
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| Released | February 6, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore | |||
| Length | 22:51 | |||
| Label | Double Blind Music | |||
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| Singles from The Secrets We Can't Keep | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | (8/10) link |
| Punknews.org | (1.5/5) link |
| eMusic | (3.5/5) link |
The Secrets We Can't Keep is an EP by American band Sparks the Rescue, released only in digital format on February 6, 2007. It is the band's third release overall, but their first while signed to a record label, having been released by Double Blind Music. [1]
An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. Contemporary EPs generally contain a minimum of three tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.
Sparks the Rescue is an American rock band from Maine. They formed when members of three high school bands Pozer, Short of April and Two Girls Later converged. Their debut EP Stumbling Skyward was released independently in 2005 with McAllister and O'Connell sharing main vocal duties. The band released the Hey, Mr. Allure EP in 2006, which saw the addition of lead vocalist Alex Roy. On February 6, 2007, Sparks the Rescue released their junior EP The Secrets We Can't Keep after signing to Double Blind Music. This release saw the departure of their keyboardist. STR officially released their debut full-length album Eyes to the Sun on May 5, 2009 on Fearless Records. The album was produced by Jonathan Wyman of Halo Studios in Westbrook, Maine.
The release, which includes re-recorded versions of songs from the band's two previous releases, is the last release featuring keyboardist/vocalist Marty McMorrow, who was largely responsible for the band's post-hardcore sound and the initial success that came with it. [2] His departure in 2008 would mark a major change in the band's sound, which became apparent in their debut album, Eyes to the Sun .
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been applied to a broad constellation of groups. Post-hardcore began in the 1980s with bands like Hüsker Dü, and Minutemen. The genre expanded in the 1980s and 1990s with releases by bands from cities that had established hardcore scenes, such as Fugazi from Washington, D.C. as well as groups such as Big Black and Jawbox that stuck closer to post-hardcore's noise rock roots. In the 2000s, post-hardcore achieved mainstream success with the popularity of bands like My Chemical Romance, AFI, Underoath, Hawthorne Heights, The Used, At the Drive-In and Senses Fail. In the 2010s, post-hardcore bands like Sleeping with Sirens and Pierce the Veil achieved success and bands like Title Fight and La Dispute experienced underground popularity.
Eyes to the Sun is the first studio album by alternative rock band Sparks the Rescue. It was originally released on October 7, 2008 under the Double Blind Music record label. The album was re-released by Fearless Records on May 5, 2009, and featured new songs, a different track listing, and had all previous tracks remixed and remastered.
One music video was created for the album: the video for "Nurse! Nurse! (I'm Losing My Patients)" was released on January 15, 2007.
