Post by dontask on Feb 25, 2010 23:21:52 GMT
darren will sort the formatting or whatever when he finally relogs.
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Anyway....
I find myself torn now I come to write this review. Half of me wants to gush about how brilliant an album it is. Believe me; I will. The other half is reluctant to taint it by over-analysing it. I would rather use this space to tell you how sh*t Cobra Starship or 3oh!3 are but I suppose that would be pretty pointless.
One thing that stands out is that Liam is indeed a selfish writer as he has always said. There are certain occasions were he almost seems to be digressing, such as the "New Order" part in Last of the Ladies, but this only adds to the effect of the album. Turn away now if you hate comparisons, but this is something Guy Garvey does quite alot and it has worked well here. You can tell that certain things have come directly from Liam and not just with the intention of shifting albums. Compare this with a recent release by Marina about how she loves America and you have your real future of British music.
Production has been discussed before, particularly about how debut St Jude was a little overproduced (compared to the demos!!!). This shouldnt be a concern with Falcon. The songs were clearly written with this type of polish in mind, which was obviously not the case with St Jude. Ironically, when they strip back the production for the first time in "Rest of the world...", it proves to be the song that lets the album down a little. A good tune it may be, it is also shamelessly like "Darlin Dont" by Fretwell, though this nothing Liam will hide.
But when that song subsides, and the opening strums of "Sycophant" come in, you know you're in for something special. The rest of the album is nothing short of brilliant. The song just mentioned is set to become one of the anthems of this album along with "Good Times are Calling" and then "Cameo Brooch" "Scratch your name..." and "Last of the Ladies" offer something completely new. In particular, the latter got to me in the same way that "Please Dont" when I first heard it, except on a grander scale. If any reviewer hears that tune and still carries on with the lad rock references then he should maybe go spend his time pretending Lady Gaga is a genius and that Jls are a breakthrough band...
"Will it be this way..." closes off the album beautifully and expertly. Huge sounding strings and a closing lyric that will stick in your mind have been done countless times before but only because of how well it works.
If The Courteeners are actually to be judged on everything they do, then there will be alot more names in that booklet to thank next time around. If this is not the case, then f**k the guardian, the times, and even though they have caught up, f**k the NME. We'll still be here next time.
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Anyway....
I find myself torn now I come to write this review. Half of me wants to gush about how brilliant an album it is. Believe me; I will. The other half is reluctant to taint it by over-analysing it. I would rather use this space to tell you how sh*t Cobra Starship or 3oh!3 are but I suppose that would be pretty pointless.
One thing that stands out is that Liam is indeed a selfish writer as he has always said. There are certain occasions were he almost seems to be digressing, such as the "New Order" part in Last of the Ladies, but this only adds to the effect of the album. Turn away now if you hate comparisons, but this is something Guy Garvey does quite alot and it has worked well here. You can tell that certain things have come directly from Liam and not just with the intention of shifting albums. Compare this with a recent release by Marina about how she loves America and you have your real future of British music.
Production has been discussed before, particularly about how debut St Jude was a little overproduced (compared to the demos!!!). This shouldnt be a concern with Falcon. The songs were clearly written with this type of polish in mind, which was obviously not the case with St Jude. Ironically, when they strip back the production for the first time in "Rest of the world...", it proves to be the song that lets the album down a little. A good tune it may be, it is also shamelessly like "Darlin Dont" by Fretwell, though this nothing Liam will hide.
But when that song subsides, and the opening strums of "Sycophant" come in, you know you're in for something special. The rest of the album is nothing short of brilliant. The song just mentioned is set to become one of the anthems of this album along with "Good Times are Calling" and then "Cameo Brooch" "Scratch your name..." and "Last of the Ladies" offer something completely new. In particular, the latter got to me in the same way that "Please Dont" when I first heard it, except on a grander scale. If any reviewer hears that tune and still carries on with the lad rock references then he should maybe go spend his time pretending Lady Gaga is a genius and that Jls are a breakthrough band...
"Will it be this way..." closes off the album beautifully and expertly. Huge sounding strings and a closing lyric that will stick in your mind have been done countless times before but only because of how well it works.
If The Courteeners are actually to be judged on everything they do, then there will be alot more names in that booklet to thank next time around. If this is not the case, then f**k the guardian, the times, and even though they have caught up, f**k the NME. We'll still be here next time.
on the whole the word 'magical' sums it up well.
