American Excess will be Silvertide’s debut album with a dynamic dual guitars approach and pillaging drum beats. With Walt Lafty on vocals, Silvertide's promo assembly of three songs provides a surreal ambiance of music that has been touched on before by various other Rock bands. But Walt Lafty is always at a peak level throughout all of his songs. And you get a good combo when you mix each song with his highly energetic voice alongside Silvertide's well-polished musicians. You have to appreciate and admire the well-honed and skillful guitar work that both Nick Perri and Mark Melchiorre Jr exhibit on this three song set. Given the fact that the guitar players are both under the age of twenty leaves me astonished.

Due to the explicit lyrics on this album, it would be very doubtful to see how they could get that much needed air time that could surge their popularity. However, Silvertide's debut looks to be very good. Their first track, "Maryjane" is an eccentric piece with vocals and splurges with music tone vibes. You can hear the Les Paul Gibson tone on this track - awesome neck breaker! Their second track, "Beware", another barn burner that never slows or tones down is a high energy rocker. The same goes for the hi-octane power of their third (and last track on the promo disc), "To See Where I Hide". The lyrics on this song are much more accessible. Good job, Walt.

After reviewing this 3 song promo by Silvertide, it would be rather difficult to give this album anything more than three out of five stars due to the fact that there are only three songs to review. But from one guitar player to another, I really respected their guitar licks. I therefore gave it a three and half. As for the near future, with these Philadelphia five, you can expect Silvertide to be shaking a lot of trees.

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Silvertide

American Excess

Released: TBA
Origination Year: 2003
Time: N/A
Tracks: 3
Produced by: David Ivory
Engineered by: Kevin "Caveman" Shirley
Mastered by: Leon Zervos at Masterdisk, NYC
Style: Studio
Format: Promo CD
Enhancement: N/A
Label: J Records
Website:
www.silvertidemusic.com

Maryjane
Beware
To See Where I Hide