Showing posts with label Intro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Intro. Show all posts
Friday, September 7, 2018
Snail Mail – Lush – Album Review
Review for www.nomoreworkhorse.com
https://nomoreworkhorse.com/2018/09/07/snail-mail-lush-album-review/
Monday, March 1, 2010
Album Review: the xx – xx
This album got a lot of good reviews in 2009 when it was released. I really didn’t want to like it, the vaguely R&B vocals put me off slightly. But ever one to come late to the party, I have succumbed.
Intro sets the tone for the album, which is sparse, featuring Durutti Column style guitar, snappy percussion and smooth male/female vocals. The album continues in this vein, with poppier tracks (VCR, Islands) telling only part of the story. There are echoes of other bands all over this album: Durutti Column (Basic Space) as mentioned already, Interpol (Crystalised) and even Chris Isaak (Infinity).
Fantasy is a slightly spacier track, featuring very little guitar, mostly the gentle humming of the bass. Penultimate track, Night Time is a little more propulsive than the others, though the album is one of those rare albums which evokes a mood and maintains it, that is a late night driving mood, with a great soundtrack.
Intro sets the tone for the album, which is sparse, featuring Durutti Column style guitar, snappy percussion and smooth male/female vocals. The album continues in this vein, with poppier tracks (VCR, Islands) telling only part of the story. There are echoes of other bands all over this album: Durutti Column (Basic Space) as mentioned already, Interpol (Crystalised) and even Chris Isaak (Infinity).
Fantasy is a slightly spacier track, featuring very little guitar, mostly the gentle humming of the bass. Penultimate track, Night Time is a little more propulsive than the others, though the album is one of those rare albums which evokes a mood and maintains it, that is a late night driving mood, with a great soundtrack.
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