Search - Detachment Kit :: They Raging Quiet Army

Powerful and engaging

scooby-dew | Washington DC | 05/22/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"i saw these guys live with thursday and sparta, and i felt that they broke down so many barriers with their music, and connected with the audience in a way i have never seen a support band, especially a relatively unknown support band, accomplish. they came on stage four random guys with a cleverish, indie sounding name, and they walked off four guys who had rocked out the black cat in DC in a way which i can only compare to the DC band frodus... also, i felt they were reminiscent of modest mouse (similar vocals), but musically they were much heavier.the kit were amazing at building musical tension, the climaxes of their songs are powerful - something i feel a lot of the new wave emo/indie bands cannot achieve.i am being a little silly here, seeing as i am reviewing an album which i do not own, but i have heard the songs - my friends bought the CD after the show (it left a powerful impact on us all - but i spent all my money on the ticket to the show), and i feel passionately enough that these guys have something to offer that i recommend this album very highly. it's a breath of fresh air to a scene that is now stagnant since it went 'overground'."