Riverside release new Single

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   "02 Panic Room"

So, Riverside have released their new single recently and I quite like it.  Apparantly this song is based upon the computer game Silent Hill 4: The Room, which centers its story around a haunted appartement, with the #302 and coincidently I finished playing this game only a week ago, so that's what I call timing .

Nice detail: the song will be #3 on the tracklist of their fortcoming "Rapid Eye Movement" cd, so it will look like 3.02 Panic Room on the cd cover, which makes the link to the Silent Hill appartement even more transparent .

Now, back to the music. It is a typical Riverside song, although for those familiar with this series of computer games, it really sounds as if it were lifted from the soundtrack of any of the games (or the film for that matter). I especially like the 'droning' rhythm section and the various guitar parts, however Mariusz' voice has yet to fully convince me.

It's available for 1,24€ here and this includes 3 bonustracks, one of which is a remix of the a-side and the other two songs are quite a nice instrumental (Lucid Dream IV) and a song that mixes "The Same River" (of Riverside's debuut album Out of myself) and Pink Floyd's "Shine on you crazy Diamond".

So far this bit of Riverside news 

Cheers,

- Tristan

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Tristan Mulders Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 28 2004 Status: Offline Points: 1723	Topic: Riverside release new Single Posted: June 18 2007 at 12:44
	"02 Panic Room" So, Riverside have released their new single recently and I quite like it. Apparantly this song is based upon the computer game Silent Hill 4: The Room, which centers its story around a haunted appartement, with the #302 and coincidently I finished playing this game only a week ago, so that's what I call timing . Nice detail: the song will be #3 on the tracklist of their fortcoming "Rapid Eye Movement" cd, so it will look like 3.02 Panic Room on the cd cover, which makes the link to the Silent Hill appartement even more transparent . Now, back to the music. It is a typical Riverside song, although for those familiar with this series of computer games, it really sounds as if it were lifted from the soundtrack of any of the games (or the film for that matter). I especially like the 'droning' rhythm section and the various guitar parts, however Mariusz' voice has yet to fully convince me. It's available for 1,24€ here and this includes 3 bonustracks, one of which is a remix of the a-side and the other two songs are quite a nice instrumental (Lucid Dream IV) and a song that mixes "The Same River" (of Riverside's debuut album Out of myself) and Pink Floyd's "Shine on you crazy Diamond". So far this bit of Riverside news Cheers, - Tristan
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CaincelaOreinim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 21 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 395	Posted: June 18 2007 at 15:54
	Yeah, I just recently acquired this...I'm gonna give it a listen pretty soon. Interesting in regard to Silent Hill 4 although it was absolutely terrible IMO. I knew when I beat Final Fantasy XII and vowed to never play a single game again I should have listened. It bored me to tears, I still find SH2 to be the best.

CaincelaOreinim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 21 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 395	Posted: June 18 2007 at 16:29
	Ok just finished listening...don't really see the SH comparison...except maybe the way the drums are recorded. I think I prefer the remix to the actual of 02 Panic Room. And who are they kidding with Shine On half-way into Back To The River?!...homage or not, that was awkward...Lucid Dream IV was meh...If this is any indication, the new one seems to be more of the same.

NotSoKoolAid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 507	Posted: June 18 2007 at 17:01
	02 Panic Room, the CD, left me thinking the band isn't going anywhere. Though I suppose Back to the River is worth hearing, the rest was entirely hard for me to sit through even the first time. It's not like their long tracks.

darkmatter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 23 2006 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 2760	Posted: July 06 2007 at 15:28
	Is there any place where I can download this (legally)? Edited by darkmatter - July 06 2007 at 15:29

Soul Dreamer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 17 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 997	Posted: July 08 2007 at 19:20
	I actually like 02 - Panic Room, and I think it's MUCH too soon to draw any conclusions with respect of the album coming in September. The other two songs are not going to appear on the album, so "no harm done". I agree that Lucid Dream IV is not their best efford up-to-date, and Back to the River must be an hommage to PF. Anyway, it's just a single and I would still give it 3/5....
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