Deal with Silence

Deal with Silence is the debut album of the Belarusian rock band Open Space recorded at «Granny Records» (Minsk, Belarus). All songs were written in English.[8] Released in retail on December 21, 2009, it became available as a free download from the band's website on March 12, 2010.[9]

Deal with Silence
Studio album by
Open Space
ReleasedDecember 21, 2009
Recorded2009
StudioGranny Records
GenreRock, Britpop
Length38:31
LabelWest Records
Open Space chronology
Deal with Silence
(2009)		 Pressure
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BelGazeta[1][2]
Experty.by[3]
Rolling Stone Russia[4]
music.com.ua[5]
Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya[6][7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Vitaliy Matievskiy

No.TitleLength
1."Deal with Silence"4:33
2."Unprepared"3:12
3."TV Show"3:07
4."Hurricane"3:16
5."You Will Never Know"4:12
6."Stalemate"2:43
7."Get Away"3:19
8."Busy"3:48
9."Travel Song"3:31
10."Beautiful"3:01
11."Same Excuses"3:49

Critical reception

Daria Kozlova of "Переходный возраст" wrote in a note on the occasion of the release of the album that the disc "turned out to be honed and professional."[10]

Syargey Pukst, music reviewer over at Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, in his review wrote that "the songs on the disc were combined into a high-quality product with the relative diversity in the narrow confines of the chosen style," but "music turns to be predictable."[6][7] Alexandr Filimonov and Petr Bolagav, editors of the Lenta.ru portal, appreciated the professionalism of the record that came about with sort of predictable songs, and attributed it to the mix of the indie-rock, pop-rock, and soft-rock genres.[11] Hagnir of nneformat.ru heard "the most excellent pop indie rock" in the spirit of the Australian bands of the 1980s and the Scottish Simple Minds on the disc, not without dissatisfaction that they "sing in English," having paid a compliment to the "glorious band" for melodiousness.[12]

Masha Kalesnikava, music columnist over at European Radio for Belarus, highlighted in her analysis that the album was produced "too flat, without emotional intensity and splashes," although its technical side perceives well enough.[13] Music critic of Rolling Stone Russia Andrey Bukharin came to the conclusion on the pages of the magazine that the band plays melodious English-language rock filled with confidence energetic, and this feature turns some of the songs on the CD into stadium anthems.[4]

Journalist of the weekly BelGazeta Tatyana Zamirovskaya as a freelance music expert over at Experty.by assessed the album, saying it "leaves the impression of solid, expensive, and high-quality work on the material, which may do not deserve it," rating it at 5.0/10[1] and recognized hymns à la U2, Stereophonics over there.[2] Staff critics over at the music portal Experty.by rated the record at the grade of 6.0/10: in elegant and tasteful arrangements, Siarhei Budkin heard the melodies of Muse and praised the design of the CD as well, "unpretentious tunes," according to Zmicer Bezkaravayny, refer to Brit-pop and Coldplay, Aleh Klimay would want to hear something more melodic than homogeneous Britpop by Open Space, while Zmicer Padbyarezski was quite disappointed by this comparatively monotonous Britpop album.[3]

Author of the Ultra-Music music portal Vyacheslav Radionov witnessed the musicians' commitment to the Britpop wave, because the music reminded him of Coldplay, Travis, Starsailor, and Wilki, and also outlined the licked into shape sound of this well-produced and beautifully recorded album.[14] Joy Tartaglia from the Ukrainian music portal music.com.ua stressed that a Travis-esque quality is exaggerated, because the band's sound, which is "a retelling of the elementary stories of British rock," is more akin to the Esthetic Education one, called attention to lead vocals à la Joakim Berg from Kent, while rated the CD at 5.0/10.[5]

Personnel

References
  1. Замировская, Татьяна (January 23, 2010). "Внештатный эксперт Т.Замировская: Open Space "Deal With Silence"" [Freelance expert T.Zamirovskaya: Open Space “Deal With Silence”]. BelGazeta (in Russian). Experty.by. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  2. Замировская, Татьяна (January 11, 2010). "Личный вкус. CD-обзор Open Space. "Deal With Silence"" [Personal taste. Open Space CD Review. “Deal With Silence”]. BelGazeta (in Russian). 01 (724). Archived from the original on June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  3. "Open Space "Deal With Silence"" (in Russian and Belarusian). Experty.by. January 14, 2010. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  4. Бухарин, Андрей (December 28, 2009). "Open Space "Deal With Silence"". Rolling Stone Russia (in Russian) (65): 75–76. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  5. Tartaglia, Joy (April 14, 2010). "Open Space "Deal With Silence" (p) 2009 West Records" [Open Space "Deal With Silence" (p) 2009 West Records] (in Russian). music.com.ua. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  6. Пукст, Сергей (March 3, 2010). "По правилам" [According to the rules] (in Russian). Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  7. Пукст, С. (March 5, 2010). "Внештатный эксперт С.Пукст: Open Space "Deal With Silence"". Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya (in Russian). Experty.by. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  8. Мицкевич, Юлия (December 18, 2009). "Open Space выпустили дебютный альбом" [Open Space released a debut album] (in Russian). BelaPAN. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  9. "Open Space выложили альбом для свободного скачивания". Muzykalnaya Gazeta. March 12, 2010. Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  10. Козлова, Дарья. ""Open Space" заключили сделку с тишиной" (in Russian). Переходный возраст. Archived from the original on July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  11. Филимонов, Александр; Бологов, Пётр (December 28, 2009). "Пиратское распространение приветствуется" [Pirate distribution is welcomed] (in Russian). Lenta.ru. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  12. Хагнир (June 21, 2011). "Ситка Пит 2011-04" (КАЛАЧИКОМ РЯДОМ, БЕН ГАНН, Евгений Введенский, ВЕТЕР ВСЕМ, САТИСФАКЦИЯ, LILAC и др.). nneformat.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  13. Калеснікава, Маша (January 14, 2010). "Аглядача: Open Space "Deal with Silence"" [Review: Open Space "Deal with Silence"] (in Belarusian). European Radio for Belarus. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  14. Радионов, Вячеслав (January 30, 2010). "Open Space "Deal With Silence"" [Open Space «Deal With Silence»] (in Russian). Ultra-Music. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
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