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Dec 3, 2012While this collection obviously isn't the best place for newcomers to cut their teeth, From the Vaults, Vol. 1 is a collection that will give longtime fans a taste of what could have been in some kind of alternate time line, making the album essential listening for Kylesa diehards.
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Nov 20, 2012This is a rarities comp, so the duds are forgivable. The remainder is a tight package of nine unreleased tracks.
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Nov 20, 2012From the Vaults is a collection of b-sides presented and packaged as a full-blown studio release, and it's worth the effort.
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Nov 30, 2012The dozen takes are every bit as crafted as those on Kylesa's increasingly excellent five studio albums, with tones both enormous and exploratory and vocals both large and enthusiastic.
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Nov 28, 2012hose unfamiliar with the works of Kylesa would be better off to experience the full-force of their psych and sludge collision--as heard on the band's later studio albums--and leave From the Vaults, Vol.1 resting in the hands of the curious and the completist.
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Nov 20, 2012Somehow, the final product turned out better than some bands' actual albums.
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Nov 20, 2012The best odds and sods collected here are those on which they stray from relentless shouting.