While tracks like the opener betray an obsession with My Bloody Valentine - and who can blame them - other tracks remind me more of the spacey gothicism of This Mortal Coil. Still other tracks, in contrast with the British shoegaze tradition, show a band with a deep affinity with American musical tradition - from the minor pentatonic soaked blues rock of Grass to the I - IV - V doo wop loop of The Greatest Fall, and that heavy gauge reverb soaked surf guitar tone that permeates much of the album. I really like the way the vocals sit, distant, nostalgic and other worldly. I'll definitely keep this one in my library, thanks TH!
8/10
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