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Pen Name? | 10/18/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's Victory At Sea's best, most moving and complex album yet. It's truly emotive in a very very honest and heartfelt sense. It rocks, too. Mona's voice never sounded better, the band is in top form and the production is top knotch.



One of my favorite albums ever!"

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Yurij Lojko | Boston, Ma USA | 06/21/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Dark & Melodic Boston Rock Done Right



The deep-voiced singer and Boston native, Mona Elliott, is back with her band Victory At Sea, but this time with more thoughtful instead of catchy songs. Their 2004 release, Memories Fade got you to tap your toe to gleeful melodies, but All You Things Are Gone reverts back to some of the bands earlier releases dark edge and ends up sounding at times like the moody Black Heart Procession with heavier guitars.



Yet the difference from their earlier releases is huge. Before 2004 the band released CD's that had good ideas, but never really grasped the band's full potential. After 2004, the band received a good response from the music world. Lots-o-people seemed to like Memories Fade, at least more than their previous releases. That reception probably gave the band enough confidence to get back to a more serious sound, one they were attempting to grasp in their first releases. The result this time is not only a disc that is moody and dark, but one that's very powerful and one that quite possibly has reached that full potential.



"Turn it Around" is a quick paced song that does a good job of harmonizing Elliott's deep voice with another, much higher voice. "To You and Me" explodes with well timed heavy drums and high piano notes. "Bored Otherwise" builds extremely well to the memorable ending chant, "I never saw anything before you / I never saw anything but you."



Memories Fade had a track called "Birthday Song (Death March)," where the band playfully wished happy birthday to a dead person. This time around, Elliott sings in a much more serious tone, "It's not your birthday / it's your funeral / what a goddam shame / cause the gangs all here / and we're toastin' your name" in "The Letter." The change in songs sums up how the band's changed in two years; this time they're good AND serious."