The Amazing released their third album in 2011. It's a highly melodic, proggy mess of a thing, full of well played instruments and soft vocals. The title track feels a little like Led Zeppelin's softer moments mixed with Neil Young. Flashlight follows, at once folkier with rolling acoustic guitars and woodwind. The very soft-rock International Hair is naggingly catchy without being especially memorable. The somewhat overblown six and a half minute Dogs attempts a rockier feel but doesn't quite pull it off. The band sound better on closing track When The Colours Change, a relatively uncomplicated song, with female backing vocals and electric guitar fills rounding out the sound. Some versions contain the 'bonus' track Ghosts, a simpler acoustic track that harks back to the Red House Painters.
It's kind of a glorious failure of an album, full of ambition and complicated songs. They would refine this formula after this.
