Rise Ye Sunken Ships
- We Are Augustines
- Band Name: We Are Augustines
- Record Label: Atlantic
- Release Date: Aug 23, 2011
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Mar 5, 201290Rise Ye Sunken Ships is a monster of an album, rich in credibility and one that is often raucous, but never noisy.
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Mar 5, 201285Throughout the record, the songs' emotional undercurrent hinges on the subject and content.
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Mar 14, 201280Uncomfortably personal, but it sounds irresistible. [April 2012, p.102]
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Mar 5, 201280Rise Ye Sunken Ships is the embodiment of that thought – the phoenix rising from the flames, scarred yet triumphant, sad and solemn but alive.
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Mar 5, 201280Like triumphant, tragic heroes of classic literature, Sanderson and McCarthy rose.
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Mar 5, 201270We Are Augustines have created a record that gives the listeners all the time they need to explore the ideas inside without ever threatening to push them out the door, creating the life-sustaining atmosphere necessary to make Rise Ye Sunken Ships the kind of place you live rather than visit.
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Mar 14, 201260McCarthy's catharsis is often gripping. [Apr 2012, p.88]
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Mar 5, 201260Rise Ye Sunken Ships is actually pretty great, but guys, just dial it down a bit yeah?
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Mar 5, 201260Songs typically travel from the spindly to the epic, and extol the virtues of living life to the full.
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Mar 5, 201260It's a disappointment that their live energy hasn't been replicated on Rise Ye Sunken Ships.