Silent Steeples
Encyclopedia
Silent Steeples is a 1996 album by American
indie
/roots
folk band Dispatch
. Unlike their future releases, the album contained mostly acoustic folk rock
songs.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
indie
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
/roots
American folk music
American folk music is a musical term that encompasses numerous genres, many of which are known as traditional music or roots music. Roots music is a broad category of music including bluegrass, country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American...
folk band Dispatch
Dispatch (band)
Dispatch is an American indie/roots band. The band consists of Brad Corrigan , Pete Francis Heimbold , and Chad Urmston ....
. Unlike their future releases, the album contained mostly acoustic folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
songs.
Track listing
- "Steeples" (UrmstonChad UrmstonChad Stokes Urmston is an American musician. Urmston was a member of the band Hermit Thrush which later gave birth to the band Dispatch. He is the frontman for the Sherborn, Massachusetts-area band State Radio, as well as a constant activist for improved living conditions in Zimbabwe...
) - "Past the Falls" (CorriganBrad CorriganBrad Corrigan is a musician who is a member of the indie band Dispatch, which reunited in 2011 after a several year hiatus...
) - "Water Stop" (Heimbold)
- "Hey, Hey" (Heimbold, Urmston, Corrigan)
- "Flying Horses" (Urmston)
- "Questioned Apocalypse" (Urmston)
- "Seasons: Movement III" (Corrigan)
- "Mayday" (Heimbold)
- "Born Normal" (Urmston)
- "Bridges (Strength in Numbers)" (Heimbold)
- "Walk With You" (Corrigan)
- "Elias" (Urmston)
Remastered version
A later release of the album with remastered tracks included the following songs after "Elias":- "Other Side" (Dispatch)
- "Craze" (Dispatch)
Personnel
- Chad UrmstonChad UrmstonChad Stokes Urmston is an American musician. Urmston was a member of the band Hermit Thrush which later gave birth to the band Dispatch. He is the frontman for the Sherborn, Massachusetts-area band State Radio, as well as a constant activist for improved living conditions in Zimbabwe...
- vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Pete Heimbold - vocals, guitar, percussion
- Brad CorriganBrad CorriganBrad Corrigan is a musician who is a member of the indie band Dispatch, which reunited in 2011 after a several year hiatus...
- vocals, guitar, percussion, harpHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes... - Su Lian TanSu Lian TanSu Lian Tan is a renowned composer and flautist. Her works, which tend to be regarded as avant-garde, have been commissioned by the Takács Quartet, Meridian Arts Ensemble and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project...
- fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - Christian Teele - tablaTablaThe tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
, percussion - Leif Heimbold - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Mark Christensen - harp