SILIAN RAIL
Stork Club (Oakland)
June 7, 2007

Silian Rail is a duo that creates instrumental music combining the sound of a dreamy guitar with intricate drum breaks, occasionally topped off with a glockenspiel for good measure.

Don’t be fooled by the seemingly gentle, barefoot drummer lightly tapping a mallet on the glockenspiel that hides behind the drum kit. Eric K. plays the drums hard and with such intensity that midway through the second song someone had to come by and place a cinderblock in front of the kit to keep it from slowly drifting away.

Robin L. on guitar and Eric K. on drums made their way through their performance at the Stork Club with some minimal synchronization issues.  The slightly off-tempo sound was only audible for a few songs, though, and by the time their half hour set was coming to a close they had found their groove, leaving me wanting a bit more.

[nicole leigh]

[STREAM ] Silian Rail: Various Tracks