Slow Coming Day - "Farewell to the Familiar" @ Score! Music Magazine

	Slow Coming Day - Farewell to the Familiar
	Location	Huntington Beach, CA
	Initial Impression	More emo?
Notable Lyric	"I woke up this morning and forgot you were gone/ I imagined all this time that you were here with me/ Forgot all the pain and sorrow I have felt so many years/ Forgot about that day and all my wasted tears."
Factoid	The quartet formed in 2001 and are all barely just into their twenties.
Serve With	A journal/diary and some Kleenex.
Comments	On their debut, Slow Coming Day deliver a sound that is like many bands coming out these days - emo/indie - and seem pretty intent on proving that they are a rare breed, different from most in that their songwriting is genuine and that they didn't form in order to cash in on the craze. Instead, they are excited about "being able to touch [our] audience through the music." And vocalist/guitarist Orion Walsh does pen some truly sensitive, personal, heart-on-his-sleeve lyrics on all twelve tracks. He covers the entire gamut from love, as on "Captivated" and "Behind Blue Eyes," which is full of longing, to regret and loss, as evinced on songs like the upbeat - musically, at least - "A Midsummer's Nightmare" and the touching "A Part of Me Died."
URL	www.slowcomingday.com
Reviewer	Janelle (6/03)