#174
by Rob Slater
Chilliwack
Breakdown in Paradie
Genre: Canadian Styx
Allen’s Rating 4 out of 5
Rob;s Rating: 2.75 out of 5
Highlights:
Trial by Fire
148 Heavy
Road to Paradise
Breakdown in Paradise 8th album from Chilliwack, a band from Vancouver, B.C. not far away from here. Chilliwack is a nearby town, whose name means "valley of many streams" in the Salish language.
They've got the rockers, ballads, and the keyboard songs, decent lyrics and great harmonies. Unfortunately, for the most part they don't have hooks in most of them. Very listenable.
Best songs:
The opening song Communication Breakdown sounds like a rough cut version of the soundtrack song with too much keyboard. It makes the next song, Trial By Fire, glow and burn well.
The next song that stuck out to me was 148 Heavy. It's about a plane trip heading to Toronto, YYZ (Soon to be a great Rush song!), from the West Coast of Vancouver probably YVR.
“When you left in the west it was only afternoon
Half alive and awake you're flying into the moon
with a drink and a smoke and a movie - you're O.K.
There's a girl in the seat beside you - been there all day”
A few uneven spots, but the rest of the album is decent as well. Like many things Canadian!
Wish they called it breakdown to paradise, as the 1st song is Communication Breakdown and the sun is Road to Paradise, which was the original working title of the album. The breakdown is because of the label going under, which also received the blame for this album not doing well. I think the album is just kind of a C+ endeavor. The follow-up is where they really clicking with the hooks.
https://open.spotify.com/album/0MYWdc7KYlyCyXFGnBfQdb?si=TEHmeZ0JQXe13xN3XxZhOw
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