German Trisol departees Sero.Overdose emerged from Alfa Matrix, with the teaser release "No Time For [Club] Silence". Now it's time for more silence, and silence can be a good thing. But when sporting synthpop at the level of Melotron ("Never"), Wolfsheim ("Hoffnung") and Apoptygma Berzerk ("Rain") why should one keep silent? A valid argument might be that there are a lot of modern influences here, but they do add their own touch to it all and in full, this album could not have been made by any of the above mentioned artists and offers something they don't.
The most appealing aspect of "No time for silence" is its soft-spoken, filled to the brink with emotion uncomplicated approach towards expression. This could have ended up a very shallow or pretentious album but a strong vocal performance and a very solid composition makes this an album that is enjoyable almost throughout. And for once, and this seems to become more and more rare, we're talking about a full album, 14 songs that lasts for more than an hour, quality and quantity. There are some lesser songs that actually bother me and make me think twice about this album that at its peaks is way up there. It could have been nice to see another instrumental track besides "Harmony", or some more songs in the vein of "Spirits", songs seem to separate themselves from the rest of the album a bit more. Summing up; this album, like most of the songs, grows. And by the looks of it, so will Sero.Overdose.