Jesse plays guitars and sings frequently.
Kristof plays bass and sings from time to time.
Kyle plays drums and puts our stuff on tape (or harddisk).
Influences
Pedro the Lion, Muse, Love-cars, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Model Engine, Hum, SDRE, Spin Doctors, Guster, Jump Little Children, Death Cab for Cutie, Run DMC, Live, Dominican Bachata, Theodore Roethke, Edgar Allan Poe, The Legend of Zelda.
Reticence is defined as being "inclined to keep one's personal affairs to oneself." In the band Reticence, music is an outlet to express the otherwise unexpressable. Reticence has a focus on building community and tries to create music that helps people cope and relate. Some songs will delve into interpersonal events while others tell fictional stories to expose idiosyncrasies amidst our culture.
Stylistically the music often crescendos from mellow to intense and back again while always keeping an emphasis on melody.
PUBLISHED PRESS QUOTES “…ReMedial has a smooth, easy feel with flashes of crunchy guitar breaks and syncopated rhythms, a sound that reflects their urge to create something that reaches out to those who don’t necessarily have an expressive platform.” - Jennifer Whigham, The Pulse, Dec. 7, 2005
“…ReMedial [is] a crunchy, melodic alt-rock disc that welds delicate vocals with searing guitars — sort of like Muse but without all those operatic flourishes. - Ross Raihala, Pioneer Press, Dec. 8, 2005
“…the track that will perk up most twentysomethings' ears is "Up Up Down Down," a serene love song encrypted in a video game trick. …If that ain't the most sincere sign of young love, I don't know what is.” - Lindsey Thomas,City Pages, Dec. 9, 2005
Reticence 21+ CD Release Party: A-List Recommended Event
(Includes Bill Mike article!) - City Pages, Dec. 9, 2005
“…Reticence knows when to rock and knows when to let the melody and lyrics do the work. ReMedial is a smart album from a group who knows a thing or two about songwriting and has plans to go places.”
(Includes interview with singer Jesse Norell) - Greg Swan, PerfectPorridge.com, Jan. 10, 2006
“Toggling between pretty crunch-guitar melodies and soft emo-punk ballads, ReMedial is sequenced beautifully with a welcome aural cohesiveness” - Gentry Boekel, Rift Magazine, January 2006 (full article not available online)
May 12, 2006 7th Street Entry Show: Hot Ticket
"Their debut disc, ReMedial, featured at least one sterling silver track in the 8-bit videogame ode 'Up Up Down Down.'" - Steve McPherson,The Pulse, May 9, 2006
"Amiable local rockers Reticence team up with a pair of other acts who are flying under the radar — the Icy Shores and the Amber Estate..." - Ross Raihala,Pioneer Press, May 11, 2006
"They have taken Sunny Day Real Estate, stripped away that band’s penchant for baroque weirdness and patched David Bazan’s (aka Pedro The Lion) ear for a catchy melody in its place." "[Jesse Norell] is officially the nicest person I have ever met." - Pat O'Brien,HowWasTheShow.com, May 14, 2006
INTERVIEW QUOTE “Reticence’s music is very dynamic with swelling, mellow interludes that lead into heavy rock parts. What seems to be consistent is an emphasis on melody. Their songs are often strangely both complicated and singable.” – Sam Keenan, Misplaced Music Radio Program Director
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THE DEBUT CD RELEASE PARTY!
w/ THE ALARMISTS, REVOLVER MODELE, and WHITE LIGHT RIOT
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3RD
VARSITY THEATER
1309 4TH AVE SE
$5/$7, 18+, 9:00 PM
