The Band
Happy Saturday everyone! This week, I’m reviewing an EP called Silence Fell Between by Creevey Crisis. The EP has 6 songs and was released on November 6, 2020. Creevey Crisis operates out of Dartmouth, NH, and has been writing wizard rock since 2007. You can find all of their music for free (name your price) on their Bandcamp page.
The Tracks
Other than the first track, which is new, all of the tracks on this EP are reworked versions of older Creevey Crisis songs, this time with just an acoustic guitar and vocals. Each individual track on Bandcamp also has a link to the original song!
Silence Fell Between, besides being the title of the EP, is also the title of the first song. I got a lot of Autumn and the War (by Totally Knuts) vibes from this one. The full-sounding slow guitar and lyrics give this song a haunting and melancholy feel. I loved the chord choices.
The next song is called The Weaker Path. After Sirius’s death, Dumbledore sings to Harry about how the choices he has made let Harry have every right to be upset with him. I appreciated the message from this song, because it seems that we do not often hear much wizard rock that focuses on Dumbledore recognizing his mistakes.
From the very first chord, I knew that Cast Aside would be a sad song. This is such a drastic change from the rock version that I was first introduced to on the 2018 Wizard Rock Sampler. The lyrics in the chorus break my heart every time I listen to them:
Did I ever mean anything?
Or was I a placeholder for her
Filled a gaping hole in your life
But so easily cast aside
Wondering what your worth is to someone that you love is always hard to do. This song really encapsulates the feeling that comes with those thoughts. Although this song is from Lavender Brown’s perspective, the lyrics overall lend themselves to anyone who relates to them.
Diadem starts with a more upbeat strumming pattern. The chord progressions also lend a happier tone to this song, which is interesting considering what the song is about. Sung from the point of view of Vincent Crabbe, one of Draco’s sidekicks, he longs for a life where he can be useful to the Dark Lord instead of always following Draco’s orders. In the end, however, he gave his life by playing with fiendfire. Diadem is my personal favorite song on this EP.
The next song begins with a beautiful instrumental introduction. Dangerous Times is all about being constantly aware of our political surroundings and what kind of effect it can have on us. However, we can find strength from those we know and love – “Who we’ll all become is why we stand.”
I love the retelling of Ginny’s story from her first year at Hogwarts in the last song of the EP, Dear Tom. By being controlled by Tom Riddle’s diary, we know that Ginny went through a lot of hard times through her first year, and you can hear her plight in this song.
In Summary
Creevey Crisis takes on a very different style of music than we are used to hearing from them, and I very much enjoyed hearing that adaptability. The acoustic guitar and solo vocals compared to many instruments at once takes the rock songs and transforms them into a mellower experience for the listener. I appreciated the different sound and definitely think that Creevey Crisis hit the mark on the description of this EP – “quiet acoustic tunes while we’ve all been staying at home.” I give this album a rating of One Petrified Future Journalist!
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