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""An American Tale" EP Review"

Using oh so clever guitar riffs and passionate hook lines are what makes Echo Screens debut album “An American Tale” an instant classic. The first album release of the band is filled with fast up-beat songs with the occasional love songs in between. This band isn’t as original as the rest, but coming from a New Jersey background the band finds a way to set them a little bit past the rest of the NJ scene.


The EP contains only 6 songs, with a piano intro which leads perfectly into the first track “An American Tale”. Each track is equally good in its own. Their hit song “Rushmore” takes you into a fast/fun guitar driven mood. The drumming on this song is a plus point and the lyrics are above average. You can find yourself having the lyrics “Im moving out to South Dakota” which isn’t something you would ever think of having stuck in your mind but they somehow find a way. The next 3 tracks are slowed down a good bit and they could have probably done without at least 1 of them. The second hit track is “Ill Have You Sleeping With The Fishes”. It starts off with “I will be the rock, that drags you down to the bottom of the ocean” and is filled with more brilliant hooks through out the song. This song right here I believe makes the album. It has everything you could possibly want in love/hate romance. The final track on this EP is “Run Home Jack” which seems to be a reference to the movie Hook. It’s a fast song which seems to be about growing up and wanting to run away. Its very up-beat and is a great way to end the album.

The way the vocals are used is what makes each hook stick in the back of your mind and the lead singers voice is what brings the life into each song. The band doesn’t really make your head nod up and down, but they do make you want to get out of your chair and play your air guitar and jump around the room as if you were in the band. I am very pleased with how this album came out and certainly waiting for more to come out of this band. An American Tale can be taken as a dark romance or a high on life type album which makes it a masterpiece in my book.
- Greg Thimmes - AbsolutePunk.net


""An American Tale" EP Review"

Echo Screen are a rock band from Brick, NJ. After I had the pleasure of listening to their demo EP a good year ago I knew the band had the potential to grow along with their music. So here they are with the release of a new album An American Tale. Their sound has roughly stayed the same between releases, however they have stepped up their writing skills both musically and lyrically.

After a short piano intro song the title track "An American Tale" comes on. The intro has a panning guitar and then it goes into a catchy chorus. Shaune Scutellaro's voice fits well with their music style. At times it seems as though his voice can't go as far as he's trying, but it usually works out well. The next song "Rushmore" you may have heard on the Drive-Thru Records / PureVolume.com complication. This song is by far their catchiest and most upbeat song. After a softer with even some strings in it the song gets moving pretty fast after that. The bass and everything go together very well and the lyrics flow nicely as well. "I'm moving out to South Dakota, so I'll see you out in South Dakota" is a pretty funny line since I live in North Dakota and I don't know why anyone would sing about the Dakotas but it works out rather well. "Fool's Gold" is a more laid back track with a mix of acoustic and electric guitar. The lyrics come off well for this slower song but I find their faster stuff to be more compelling. "I'll Have You Sleeping With The Fishes" is another laid back song. "Autumn In Disguise" is a piano and acoustic song that I believe comes off as their better side of doing laid back tracks. The guitar and piano parts don't seem to be to complex but their sound is big. On the final track "Run Home Jack" they pick things back up to speed. Nothing to complex is done with the guitars but they make their songs with a catchy beat and mix them well.

Echo Screen have shown progress with this new album. I like their faster songs more myself as they are catchy and flow well. Their slower songs are well written but don't keep the album flowing along. Overall Echo Screen have made a catchy pop/rock album that will satisfy most listeners. If you like their song Rushmore on the Drive-Thru / PureVolume.com complication the rest of their CD is worth a listen. - Bryce Jacobson - DrivenFarOff.com


Discography

2003 Demo:

1. This Chance
2. Take the Money and Run
3. ...Then What's Milwaukee's Worst?
4. After All
5. Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Society

2004 Summer Sampler:

1. Rushmore
2. Run Home Jack

"An American Tale" 2005 EP:

1. The Thing's We've Left Behind
2. An American Tale
3. Rushmore
4. Fool's Gold
5. I'll Have You Sleeping with the Fishes
6. Autumn in Disguise
7. Run Home Jack

Songs Available for stream at PureVolume and MySpace

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New Jersey, the breeding ground for countless underground, talented acts has added a new flavor to its peak. Echo Screen, a rock band from Brick, NJ, uses their unique tools to generate a fresh sound into their meaningful songs, while capturing emotions of the highs and lows of life, while putting it into perfect melody. Echo Screen stands alone from the fabricated bands out there today, and with the formation complete in October 2003, Echo Screen set out to embark on pumping glorious tunes into listeners across the globe.

It was apparent to Nick Singleton (Guitar, 19) that the philosophy of a newly-sounding, genuine band had to emerge, and in September 2003, Nick met up with Shaune Scutellaro (Vocals/Guitar, 20) and the building began to take form. Tim Sager (Bass, 19), who had been best friends with Nick growing up, asked no questions about starting the new band, but the search for a steady drummer was yet to unfold. After a few drummers that had fallen through, Nick suggested Mike Badders (Drums, 19), a talented drummer that he had known through previous bands, and the lineup had been complete. After a month and a half of work, Echo Screen looked to JP Sheganowski (Risus Productions) in December to record their first 5-song demo. The band spent a couple of days putting finishing touches on the CD; the tracks (in order) include: “This Chance”, “Take the Money and Run”, “Then What’s Milwaukee’s Worst”, “After All”, and “Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Society”. Each track portrays a different emotion and feeling that anybody can relate to, along with a smooth melody that keeps you singing along to yourself all day.

With a CD under their belts, Echo Screen started to generate much feedback from fans around the country who raved about the 5-song Demo. Interviews and positive reviews surfaced from magazines and webzines including: Jersey Beat, Asbury Park Press Newspaper, The Punk Site, Absolute Punk, Frequency Reviews, Acclaimed Punk, Driven Far Off, 518 Music, Idolized Magazin and many more! In addition, Echo Screen saw consistent radio airplay, being featured on NJ’s 95.9 The WRAT, performing live acoustic sessions on NJ’s B98.5 (twice) as well as performing Montclair College’s WMSU, and many others around the country. It wasn’t soon after Excess DB (NJ Promotions) heard the CD and contacted Echo Screen to perform as an opener for the Diffuser (Hollywood Records), Spitalfield (Victory Records), and Silverstein (Victory) tour.

The band has also seen tremendous play on PureVolume, reaching “Most Plays by a Single Artist” several times, and being featured on its main page in the PurePicks section. Performing throughout New Jersey, including the Starland Ballroom, Convention Hall, The Stone Pony, The Saint, Birch Hill, Club Krome, The Rexplex, Bloomfield Ave Café, Hamilton St. Café, numerous VFW’s and Hall’s, as well as performing at the 2005 Bamboozle Festival in Asbury, NJ has helped contribute to make quite a name and a strong following for the band. Since the band has started, they have been able to perform with some of the following National Acts such as: The Starting Line, Senses Fail, The Early November, Hidden in Plainview Jenoah, Adelphi, HelloGoodbye, Steel Train, Socratic, Halifax (all on Drive Thru Records), Spitalfield, Silverstein, Bayside, Action Action (all on Victory Records), Diffuser (Hollywood Records), Fall Out Boy (Island Records), Midtown (Columbia Records), The Matches (Epitaph Records), Stars Hide Fire (I-Surrender Records), along with many other great bands.

With new music flowing throughout the band, Echo Screen went to producer John Naclerio (Senses Fail, Autopilot Off, Armor for Sleep, Midtown) and Nada Studio to record a two-song sampler CD in July 2004. The band recorded two uniquely-sounding, highly impulsive songs entitled “Rushmore” and “Run Home Jack which have seen a great deal of positive feedback and major-label attention, including Drive-Thru Records, who contacted Echo Screen to be added to a “Drive-Thru/PureVolume Compilation” with a release on February 8, 2004. Drive-Thru has continued to show support with the band in many ways, and has kept in a very close relationship! In March 2005, Echo Screen released their debut EP entitled “An American Tale”. Praised by fans and critics alike, “An American Tale” has seen strong sales early on, which has been a huge accomplishment for the band. You can catch Echo Screen over the summer on select 2005 Vans Warped Tour dates!

"This is a band that is doing what they want to do and not falling to the pressure of the current trends ... Simply incredible sums up what Echo Screen is!"
-- AbsolutePunk.net