Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 [2003]

Well since I'm in the middle of moving right now, I've had to pack up all of my CDs, and unfortunately, the car only has a CD player. So of course, I decided to grab 2 discs and just keep them out, being the only thing I play until we're all unpacked. I chose to take this CD and Twin Atlantic's Vivarium (which I reviewed a little bit ago), that way I'd have one of my favorite records and a new one too. It was a very good idea. I always forget how good a Coheed album is until I actually play it again, and In Keeping Secrets is definitely no exception.

The record starts off with a phone ringing for a little while until a woman picks up and it jumps into the "Coheed theme song." After dying out, the title track starts up, an epic opener that builds up and makes your fist practically pump itself when it reaches the "whoa oh oh" part. The record stays pretty consistently awesome after that, with a slight dip at Blood Red Summer but is made up for by tunes like The Crowing. After a 3-song sequence and a poppy single ("A Favor House Atlantic"), the album closer "The Light and the Glass" starts up. Possibly my favorite song to end an album, the tune starts off slow but builds to an epic finale, much in the same way the opener did. Of course, that's not all. After some blank tracks (which I decided to take out of the upload), the secret song entitled "21:13" begins. This track contains some of my very favorite musical sections in it such as the pirate-y riff, the "Ohhh when the memories occur, of a life you haven't lived, stay still you will." part, and the Time Consumer reprise. After the final IRO-Bot reprise, the album finally ends, and I can think of no way it could be better. Probably my favorite Coheed record (or at least tied with SSTB), this CD is one that will be sticking with me for a long time.

Genre: Progressive Rock
For Fans Of: Circa Survive, The Mars Volta, The Dear Hunter
Contact: Myspace
Tracklisting:
1. The Ring in Return
2. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
3. Cuts Marked In The March of Men
4. Three Evils Embodied (in Love and Shadow)
5. The Crowing
6. Blood Red Summer
7. The Velorium Camper I: Faint of Hearts
8. The Velorium Camper II: Backend of Forever
9. The Velorium Camper III: Al the Killer
10. A Favor House Atlantic
11. The Light and the Glass
12. 21:13



-A