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This is the third release by the Bled.  The Tucson, AZ band recorded “Silent Treatment” in Baltimore, MA  with the help of Brian McTernan.

Silent Treatment is a aggressive, and sometimes intense album that supersedes the pervious releases by The Bled.  The songs titles flocculate between heavy and aggressive songs to a few more melodic heartfelt songs. The heavy songs are the ones that really caught my ear like “Platonic Sleepover Massacre” which was one of my favorites on the album.

The band has a really interesting sound, with many hardcore underling sounds and I would guess influences.  I don’t know if I would call The Bled hardcore though, or if the band would want to even be classified in the hardcore category. Like I said they have some of the hardcore sounds and a few of the songs are just downright aggressive, but the album comes off as more artistic and aggressive instead of just aggressive as most hardcore falls into.

All in all this album is a great 3^rd release by The Bled.  Go check out their myspace and check out a few of their songs and if you dig them like I do you can order off their myspace as well.

Track Listing

1 Shadetree Mechanics
2 You Should Be Ashamed Of Myself
3 Three’s Away
4 Asleep On The Frontlines
5 Platonic Sleepover Massacre
6 Starving Artiste
7 Silver Lining
8 Some Just Vanish
9 Breathing Room Barricades
10 Beheaded My Way
11 My Bitter Half