Silent Highway
Hope from the borderland
Gateway Music

On Silent Highway's myspace page, six sources of inspiration are illustrated: one of them is David Bazan and one is David's (former) project Pedro the Lion. And frankly, that wouldn't have been hard to guess when listening to the songs of Morten Storgaard's debut album as Silent Highway. Since I'm a big fan of everything Mr. Bazan does, it wasn't hard to gain my initial sympathies either. Lyrically, the songs presented here might not be on par with the "idol's", but musically speaking, the unusual harmonies and the careful arrangements provide a very nice background for Morten's expressive, yet positively unobtrusive singing. A promising first album that keeps me waiting to hear more from Silent Highway in the future.
- Arnulf Köhncke