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Show Review
The Receiving End Of Sirens
November 15, 2006 @ The Fillmore in Denver, CO
Overall Rating: 8.5
Music Quality: 8.0
Production: 7.5
It’s been an interesting year for MA’s The Receiving End Of Sirens. After Casey Crescenzo suddenly departed to work on his own project (The Dear Hunter), I have to be honest. Seeing the band play a show without him was strangely awkward and there were noticeably a few holes in the band’s anthemic rock songs. And, obviously, with the changes (Crescenzo had a pretty significant role in the band) it was hard to avoid a little conscious discomfort about the band’s future.
Regardless, the band found themselves on this year’s MTV2 $2 Bill Tour, playing alongside 30 Seconds to Mars, Head Automatica, Cobra Starship, and Rock Kills Kid. Pretty high profile acts for a band of TREOS’s nature, but their composure wouldn’t suggest anything but a presentable comfort being there. The show was solid packed with a lot of people who didn’t know who TREOS was but the band played with sheer confidence.
As expected, instrumentally, the band was top notch—and vocally most of the parts were there this time due to the new replacement singer the band took on. From the shimmering “This Armistice” to “Planning A Prison Break,” the band’s undeniable catchiness had me hooked all over again. They played an array of songs from their debut, “Between The Heart And The Synapse,” an album that is still as relevant and promising to me today as it was when it came out in 2004—and all the songs sounded nearly perfect when compared to the album. I’ve always been impressed so much with TREOS and the fact that their very complex, detailed songs and vocal dynamic between the three singers always remains consistent to the record in the live setting.
All in all, TREOS’ performance that night in Denver simply renewed my faith in the band, and proved that they going to survive despite the fact that Crescenzo departed. I’m all but more excited for their album which is set to drop sometime next year (and will be recorded in January). Go see this band if you have the opportunity—and try as you might, you’ll find yourself tapping your toe and singing along with each of the three singers alike.