I could
have reviewed this months ago, but I didn't want to.
The
reason wont make much sense to many, but it was because I think it
deserved to be reviewed once I had actually parted with cash for it
rather than from mp3s sent through.
I wanted
to be able to hold it in my hand, slide the disc out, place it in the
tray and crank up the volume and engage with it on a physical level
before uttering one word about it because that's what this album
deserves.
For me
this is the pop album of the year, and while some will shudder at the
word pop being mentioned I should clarify what that means to me.
It's that
the music on this is hugely, immensely, tremendously danceable.
It's
Husker Du on a sunny day, the Ramones surfing in the warm Californain
sun, it's the Pixies at a barbecue, and much more.
It's
sharp and soft. It's heartbreaking and uplifting, it's losing a love
and finding another.
There's
slashing guitars, pounding drums and bass, songs sung from the heart,
and within all that it retains a sense of a catchy tune and manages
to maintain an unbreakable grip on a hook.
How do
you put into words just how good something is when you are at a loss
to find any that would do it justice.
That's my
problem here.
Nothing I
can say is going to come anywhere close to describing how completely
fantastic this is in its entirety.
I could
wax lyrical about this, and even throw out praise worthy comments for
hours on end, and they would still all fall short of being able to
convey how much I personally love this album.
CD/EX
were being touted as a band to watch in 2012 by the BBC, and recently
were announced as an act that will appear on the T Break stage at the
globally recognized T In The Park Festival, and without feeling that I am over stating this I believe that every single plaudit
that is cast their way is well deserved and now, not tomorrow, is
when you should allow yourself to be beguiled by them.
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