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    HM Magazine #114/Blue Shade Witness
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    Blue Shade Witness

    Blue Shade Witness

    (2003)

    Reviewed by Unknown

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    Label Double Zero RecordsHM Magazine #114July/August 2005
    alternative rockbritpopindie rockpost-grunge

    Super melodic, atmosphere-rock.

    Other coverage for this album

    Decapolis August 2003Reviewed by Luke HarlowBlue Shade Witness is a four-piece melodic rock band out of the Chicago area. This is their first ep on Double Zero Records. According to their press material, Blue Shade Witness claim to be influenced heavily by modern British rock and seek a place within that genre. The band's light melodic vocals and catchy guitars place them more on the "accessible" end of the spectrum than with the…Decapolis August 2003Reviewed by Tyler BaberThe US and Britain have a strange relationship. Americans drive SUVs, Brits drive on the wrong side of the road. We're not quite as entranced in celebrity tabloid magazines, they don't care about our celebrities. We have much less embarrassing names for cigarettes while they have better news programs. They're responsible for the Spice Girls, we're responsible for fast food. They listen to and…The Phantom Tollbooth 2003Reviewed by Noel LloydChicago's Blue Shade Witness has burst onto the music scene with an anthem-worthy sound in their debut self-titled EP. Unfettered in their approach and paced by a somewhat bombastic, Brit-rocker style, the foursome have made quite a positive impression on this reviewer. Blue Shade Witness features a power chord method reminiscent of the Goo Goo Dolls in the majority of the six songs on this…

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