Before continuing the series on our old friends I want to pick on the first album Strange Death of Liberal England, "Forward March!", passed relatively unnoticed on its release in early July. I myself have already briefly mentioned this group of Portsmouth few months ago with the release of their first 45 laps, the awesome "A Day Another Day." I compared the time to an imaginary group in which members of Silver Mt Zion resume the Arcade Fire. To listen to eight tracks that make up this short album I can now refine this a little description. Imagine instead a Silver Mt Zion leaving all his claim to the locker room, focusing on principal, to create real small pop songs where there would be no room for ramblings erreintantes their leader. Add to that the excitement and emotion carried by five people chanting in unison and you'll get concise and powerful songs. The Arcade Fire shadow hovering heavily on the independent rock scene for three years assimilations will rain but it would be unfair to label them as imitators (though it is hard not to think of "Power Out" listening 'Oh Solitude "). Arcade Fire themselves have done that beautifully bring up to date revenues have already been tested and approved by Talking Heads in the 80s or the Beach Boys before them. "Modern Folk Song" opens the album on an acoustic guitar and electric intertwine delicately, used as background melodic harmonies of Adam Woolway. This first minute is misleading immediately swept by heavy artillery group, their leader saying "Thanks but I'll go my own way" as a snub to the conventional aspect of their introduction. Electric guitars are air and the rhythm starts to kick their voices in unison. "Oh Solitude," the group's second single, sounds urgency and enthusiasm of a young dreamer Army tambourines and great ideas ("I paint my dreams upon the Wall!"). "A Day Another Day" remains the single unstoppable discovered last March, as a band discovering the post-rock. Yet "An Old Fashioned War" that steals the show on this first album. The group appears to be the head of the puppet army of the Wizard of Oz for the lead at the front on a song to accelerate like a Kalinka.
On "Mozart on 33" Strange Death of Liberal England managed to avoid the feeling of repetition as a weaker due to the introduction of a banjo. Following two titles forming a sort of diptych chiaroscuro where the best feelings in the group are offset on a song where the tone and the instruments are much more aggressive and threatening. The album is finally closed on a piece dispensable in the light of what has preceded, where the group finds its deepest influences and shows the world that they have assimilated their lesson well from Mogwai.
hard to understand why an album of this caliber is also confidential. A quick glance at Hype Machine reveals that only two blogs on the thousands listed referred to the group since the release of their album. An injustice that I hope to help repair my way.
Strange Death of Liberal England - An Old Fashioned War
Video of "Oh Solitude"
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Jube recently found a new song or so. The title "Sayonara Daisuki na hito," translates as "Goodbye, beloved." Will upload soon Jubinell's performance on youTube. For now, here is the song's PV.