Genres: Folk-pop, soft-rock
This album is apparently paired with a short-film of the same title which may be able to provide some context but that is all lost on me as all I get is the music and this music is so out of place in 2013 it is just weird. I had never heard of this band before purchasing this and looking at the cover of seven people all in the same white jump-suit with corporate logos I thought it was some kind of arty-rock or possibly something that had a dark focus. What I got was a horrible folk-pop album which sounds like the mid-1980's in a really bad way. I am not exaggerating, the sound of the 1980's is on this disc, in all its plastic glory. All the drums sound inorganic which brings the 'folk' part of the genre I put these guys into above into question. The singing is of the 'whinge & whine' variety. The melodies are tempos are from soft-rock or possibly roots-rock genres. The lyrics are the folk genre standards of regret and melancholy and the for the most part are generic 'you went with the other guy but you were wrong' nonsense. This album is far too precious about everything and feels calculated to fault.
FIRST IMPRESSION: What the f**k is this s**t? It sounds like the Travelling Wilburys without any personality.
FINAL IMPRESSION: It's really boring and is someone else's nostalgia. It's just weird. Avoid this unless you like moping around in cold/wet weather and wondering why your one-true-love doesn't feel the same about you as you do about them.
RATING: 2/5
Here is the song 'There will come a Time' from the album Heart of Nowhere by Noah and the Whale.
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