I have to line up behind Stacee on this one.  If one is looking to
The Connells for dark, grim, heavy, Gothic or thrashing music --
you're looking in the wrong place.  Introspective, yes.  Serious,
yes.  Thought-provoking, yes.  But not heavy.

*Still Life* is a return to the band's classic sound, and it represents
best what they are trying to achieve musically.  It stands a better
chance of putting them in the spotlight than any album (like WFAD)
that mainly misrepresents what they are all about.  WFAD has several
great aspects to it, but it was not typical Connells.  They would never
be able to sustain a mood like that, and if they tried, they would
only end up disappointing everyone -- both the fans of the classic
sound and the fans of the heavy sound.

>      There is *no* chance?  Have you read the hundreds of positive reviews
>      of this album?
>
>      Ring *should* have been THE album, and almost was.  Still Life *may*
>      still be it.
>
>
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> Subject: Re: glade
> Author:  The Connells <[log in to unmask]> at internet
> Date:    7/10/98 7:44 PM
>
>
> im am still quite the opposite... i really, really dont like Ring, unlike most
> of
> the list members, and Still Life really disappoints me. i think that i was
> expecting something a little heavier.. deeper.. WFAD was the total opposite of
> Still Life and Ring. it was the first album that felt original since Fun & Games
> and it totally satisfied me. the music was original and unlike anything thing
> they have ever done... addind to the progression from one album to the next. i
> had once haope that this would be THE album... but after listening to it for
> this
> short while there is no chance this album will go anywhere