Echolyn, USA-Pennsylvania


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Latest album: I Heard You Listening (2015). Word around the campfire says to expect a new album in 2024.

Suffocating the Bloom (1992)

Echolyn are/were one of those bands that I was dictated to that I must like, but I just never could get into them much. Some 30 years has passed, so I think its time for an objective listen at my advanced age. Mannn... I still don't get them! At least on this album. But I do see the allure. One cannot accuse Echolyn of not giving it their all. They are talented - this is obvious - and their brand of the Midwest variation of Gentle Giant should push every button I possess. But it doesn't. Why? Not really sure. It's overly vocal oriented which can be a turnoff for me. They don't let the instruments breathe. Their melodic style doesn't resonate either. I can honestly say I like the album, but it isn't next level for me. I fear to say I have to move on from this album. Maybe other albums will trigger the right emotion, but Suffocating the Bloom never did.

---5/20/24

Other albums heard: Echolyn (1991); As the World (1995)

12/31/23 (new entry)

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