So - just on a stroke of luck, I found The Hearing and the Sense of Balance last night at a used CD shop. Much better album than Mono overall, IMO, although Mono did have some standout tracks ("When I'm Dead and Gone" and "Radio Orchid" are a couple of my favorites).
Listening to The Hearing really takes me back, but also makes me realize a few things: 1. FitS is VERY U2-influenced, 2. "Dancing in the Sunshine of the Dark" sounds like Vast, about 5 years before Vast, and 3. I probably would not have given FitS a chance if I'd just heard them today. A lot of their music falls in the dead center of average hard rock, except for a little touch here and there that lifts it up into something better.
Yeah, I know there are much better bands out there, but I keep coming back for some reason...
Any other Fury fans here?
Argh. I almost forgot - the other purpose of this post was to say that "Dancing in the Sunshine of the Dark", "Hello and Goodbye", and "Down There" would probably make pretty good AMVs.
