Search - Greg Sage :: Silver Sail

Since you've probably never heard of this album or band. . .

spicoli323 | Out in LA | 06/13/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

". . . you'll have to take my word for it, they are really great! I had read about Greg Sage and the Wipers before, but this is the only album of theirs I have managed to track down and buy. I hear it's not the best one, but if it's any indication of the band's music, they are easily better than the majority of the grunge bands they unfluenced. The main problem with this is that too many of the songs sound alike, especially during the first half of the disc. But that doesn't mean the songwriting is bad. And Sage's guitar playing (sort of a grungy Tom Verlaine is the best way I can put it--except Sage can sing) is particularly amazing. If you buy this, you'll definitely be impressed by the peek at this chronically underrated (or unknown to be more specific) band."

One of America's greatest true underground bands

Davdi Sutom | San Francisco, CA USA | 09/19/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Silver Sail is a little different from other Wipers material, to me at least. There's a reflective, more relaxed feel to it that makes for great driving music. There's definitely the influence of the southwest here, in a general way, and the whole idea of extraterrestrials. Highlights for me include "sign of the times" and side 2 in general. The title track "Silver Sail" just shreds and ends on a sonic blast off to space."