I had read on the interwebs, that Guillemots were eclectic and a little difficult to pigeon hole. Balderdash and piffle. They are a pop band, simple as that. Sure there are elements of rock, dance and string work but it is still pop. Herein the problem lies, while the album does'nt offend me in the slightest, I find myself running out of patience towards the end and putting something else on.
The production is very good and the musicianship is fine but there is'nt anything really new on here to pique my interest. When it's a genre that I just dabble in then it has to be something damn special for me to like it.
HOWEVER. There is one little gem buried away on here and that is Falling Out Of Reach, which is one of the best acoustic pop songs I have heard for a while. It slowly builds almost soul like to glorious pop nirvana and is more like the sound that is on their debut which I may have to checkout.
Falling Out Of Reach:
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“A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”
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