This was Dakota Suite’s first album in 4 years. Chris Hooson and co re-emerged in 2007 with
this mainly vocal and guitar album. The
opening two slow guitar-based tracks, Never Much To Say and A Darkness of Moon
(duet with Anna Elias) set the tone. Uw
Wanhopige Vrees is more experimental, a mainly electronic track with snatches
of female vocals here and there. The next
two tracks, piano ballad Because Our Lie Breathes Differently and the emotive I
Don’t Understand Your Medicine are darker still before the brief cello
instrumental Early Century Maple acts as a palette cleanser.
The second half the album is not that different from the
first, with the lengthy All Your Hopes Gone Cold and the trumpet-based Over A
Loveless Winter standing out.
Penultimate track Brittle With Sorrow is a dramatic string flourish
before the album ends on a somewhat downbeat note with All That I Can Hold
Near.
It's worth visiting the world of Dakota Suite. At times it can be a world of pain, but amidst the gloom lies quiet beauty.
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