Confront the Truth
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| Confront the Truth | ||||
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| EP by | ||||
| Released | October 28, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2015–2016 | |||
| Studio | Atomic Garden (Palo Alto, CA); Turk and Taylor (San Francisco, CA) | |||
| Genre | Acoustic, folk pop, power pop | |||
| Length | 10:00 | |||
| Label | Slumberland | |||
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Confront the Truth is an EP by Bay Area musician Tony Molina, released on October 28, 2016, on Slumberland Records.[1] The eight-track EP marked a significant stylistic departure from Molina's earlier guitar-driven work, replacing electric crunch with sparse acoustic arrangements. It runs approximately ten minutes.[2]
Songs were recorded and mastered at Atomic Garden in Palo Alto, with the exception of track eight, "Banshee," which was recorded at Turk and Taylor in San Francisco to a Tascam 688. Layout, design, and photography were by Sean Hewitt.[3]
The EP represented a departure from the electric power pop of Molina's debut Dissed and Dismissed (2013) and the Six Tracks EP (2013). Slumberland Records described the record as owing "as much to early Bee Gees and Teenage Fanclub's mellower moments as they do to Georges Harrison and Martin," and noted that it packs "more melodic flair and emotional truth into 11 minutes than most bands manage in an hour."[4] The EP's closing track, "Banshee," is a cover of a Thin Lizzy instrumental.[1]
Liner notes were written by Doug Mosurock, who described the EP as "a significant advancement in his style and approach" and observed that the music "is at once what I believe to be the quintessential encapsulation of the turmoil of West Coast youth."[1]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | Positive[5] |
| The Fire Note | Positive[2] |
| Indie Music Review | Positive[6] |
The Fire Note described the EP as "a new approach for Molina," noting that "the music here is gentle, fragile and carries more emotional weight" than his earlier releases, and singling out Molina's vocal performance: "you get to hear Molina's true singing voice and guess what — he can really sing!"[2] Indie Music Review called the opening track "Lisa's Song" "completely blown away by as it immediately pulled me in by how gentle yet powerfully moving it was."[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Lisa's Song" (instrumental) | |
| 2. | "I Don't Want to Know" | |
| 3. | "Old Enough to Know" | |
| 4. | "No One Told He" | |
| 5. | "Hung Up on the Dream" | |
| 6. | "See Me Fall" | |
| 7. | "Over Now" | |
| 8. | "Banshee" (Thin Lizzy cover) | |
| Total length: | 10:00 | |
