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Respira

This Is Not What You Had Planned
2004
Grey Flight

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Review by: Scott
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Published on April 2nd 2004

Grey Flight Records returns to the fold with this, a 5-song EP from Thousand Oaks, CA quartet Respira. Recorded by the famed J. Robbins, Respira delivers a good 25 minutes of brooding-yet-hooky indie rock, with an emphasis on the rock.

The band's sound owes as much to Superdrag for it's vocal melodies [see "The Least Self-Destructive Self-Destructive Thing You Could Do"] as it does to Engine Down for it's pulsating, hypnotic rhythms [see "Over And Out"]. The band makes good use of slightly odd time signatures and song structures to put a more quirky emphasis on their songs which makes you pay attention more. While the amps are turned up to eleven for the most part on this EP, the band isn't afraid to experiment with some more unusual sounds like bells, accordian, and rhodes organ. J. Robbins takes all these elements and fuses them together perfectly.

Respira should make some waves with this new EP, as there isn't really a weak track out of the 5. The energy is consistent throughout [which is impressive since most of the songs crack the five-minute mark], and there's enough of a pop presence to make you want to listen again and again. Grey Flight has a winner on their hands.

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Delicate Killer

Stream three songs here



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    Posted by CherryColaRain on 2005-05-29 15:42:00
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    this sounds promising. very promising and to the dude i hate the very narrow view ppl have on Emo/screamo. I know the genre is overly popullated now butthere are still bands here and there doing their own thing. anyways this album seems very promising and the name is great. Respira= Breathe in spanish.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 at 9:29 PM (EDT)
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    Forgive the repetitiveness, but Respira rock! I worte a review for this release as well. It's at the link below:

    http://www.upbeetmusic.com/reviewsS.php?id=130

    Posted by maverick on 2004-04-04 11:16:21
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    Dude, it's only 5 bucks at greyflight.com. No excuse.

    -Scott

    Posted by CallingLondon on 2004-04-04 03:56:33
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    oh. god. damnit. another fucking band i like now. i do not have the money to buy all these damn CDs, scott.

    Posted by lieutenant on 2004-04-03 14:46:21
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    Wow, I just visited punknerd.com and some dweeb bought the domain for his LiveJournal.

    Posted by lieutenant on 2004-04-03 14:45:04
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    I'm a nerd, so I miss Julie of Grey Flight's punknerd.com.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 3, 2004 at 2:22 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    that mp3 is pretty good once it picks up toward the middle

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 3, 2004 at 4:38 AM (EST)
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    another lame record

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 2, 2004 at 8:36 PM (EST)
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    they put on a pretty good live show...They randomly played here in Fredericksburg a month or two back...

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 2, 2004 at 8:15 PM (EST)
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    These guys are not punk.....they played at my high school a few years ago.....i was yawning.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 2, 2004 at 7:24 PM (EST)
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    that was directed towards the first person not the engine down comment person, sorry

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 2, 2004 at 7:24 PM (EST)
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    youre dumb respira is rad

    Posted by Icapped2pac on 2004-04-02 16:35:49
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    You had me at "Engine Down". I'm checkin these guys out for sure.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 2, 2004 at 3:13 PM (EST)
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    LOL Thousand Oaks? My shitty town...this place sux....I've never heard of these guys but most of the shit my town churns out is pure emo/screamo crap.

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