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<\/p>\nAlbum Review
\nTitle: Twelve
\nArtist: Two Silhouettes.<\/p>\n
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Dark\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026 that\u2019d be the one word review.<\/p>\n
But that wouldn\u2019t do justice to the twisted genius on offer here.<\/p>\n
This album opens with the atmospheric \u2018June\u2019,<\/i> there\u2019s a lot going on here with many different sonic textures but it\u2019s never overpowering, always teetering on the edge of the precipice without ever going over\u2026<\/p>\n
This feel continues with the following tracks \u2018Nadir\u2019, \u2018Greyfield\u2019<\/i> and \u2018Cassandra\u2019 <\/i>all of which have that same dark psychedelic twist on the ragged edge of the experimental.<\/p>\n
Then the album takes a completely different tack and swerves back around to catch you unawares with the haunting pop of \u2018The Black Moods That Attack You\u2019<\/i> With lovely vocals from Francesca Allen coupled with Sam Holloway’s schizophrenic pop creativity.<\/p>\n
This pop feel remains for \u2018Invisible\u2019, <\/i>which has some great melodic instrumentation. In fact as the album progresses it really opens out musically. With Flute, Cello, Piano and Organ to name a few additional instruments.<\/p>\n
The beautifully melancholic \u2018Coy\u2019<\/i> seems to be branching out into a dark\/folk territory and would fit in with some of the darker folk around today.<\/p>\n
\u2018Dark Arms\u2019<\/i> takes things down to a more stripped back sound with Sam taking the lead vocal very effectively.<\/p>\n
And we\u2019re off again with the delicious \u2018Barn Owls\u2019<\/i> opening with eerie Cello, before blossoming into a dark guitar driven paranoiac soundscape that would give Robert Smith nightmares.<\/p>\n
\u2018You\u2019re An Instrument I Don\u2019t Know How To Play\u2019<\/i> again opens with the Cello followed by a Rhythmic\/Melodic darkness which is all pulled together nicely by some clever bass playing from Kev Cousins. All of which makes a nice platform for the Dark Poetic Lyrics\u2026 Fantastic title for a great song!<\/p>\n
\u2018Bedrooms\u2019 <\/i>follows neatly on, continuing in the vein setup by the previous song. Here there is a great vocal interplay (aptly fitting for this duet). And what sounds like some live harp on the ending.<\/p>\n
\u2018Wounded Eyes\u2019<\/i> brings the album to a close \u201cI wanna disappear, go out like a light\u201d\u2026 sings Sam on the closing track\u2026 which ironically leaves this listener wanting them to stay and entertain me more.<\/p>\n
If I was to criticise anything it would be the running order\u2026 As much as I like the first four instrumental pieces, I feel that they would be better suited to being closing tracks. Because I think tracks 5 through 12 are far stronger and have a more cohesive feel!<\/p>\n
This is a great album, I urge you to have a listen.<\/p>\n
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Download it for free here http:\/\/twosilhouettes.bandcamp.com\/album\/twelve<\/a> Album Review Title: Twelve Artist: Two Silhouettes. Dark\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026 that\u2019d be the one word review. But that wouldn\u2019t do justice to the twisted genius on offer here. This album opens with the atmospheric \u2018June\u2019, there\u2019s a lot going on here with many different sonic textures but it\u2019s never overpowering, always teetering on the edge of … Continue reading Twelve by Two Silhouettes – Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-archive","category-eitcs-views-and-reviews-on-music-and-maybe-life-in-general-from-time-to-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitc.elvisintheclouds.co.uk\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitc.elvisintheclouds.co.uk\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitc.elvisintheclouds.co.uk\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eitc.elvisintheclouds.co.uk\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eitc.elvisintheclouds.co.uk\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/eitc.elvisintheclouds.co.uk\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/eitc.elvisintheclouds.co.uk\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitc.elvisintheclouds.co.uk\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eitc.elvisintheclouds.co.uk\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eitc.elvisintheclouds.co.uk\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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