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Zer0 · 12-23-2014, 12:29 PM

A Whisper in the Noise – Through the Ides of March (2002)

This is an album that I've had for a number of years now, and I honestly can't remember the last time that I listened to it until now. For those of you wondering, this is a post-rock/slowcore type album with delicate vocals and a lush wash of instruments, including piano, strings and of course guitar. There's quite a lot of variety on this album and it doesn't cleanly fit into any particular genre. The beautiful and melancholic post-rock of the opening track 'The Wall of You' is heartbreaking to listen to, as does 'The Sound of Longing', which lives exactly up to it's name. There are also darker, moodier numbers such as 'Silence' and 'The Song of Hate', the latter vaguely reminding me of Nine Inch Nails or Trent Reznor for some reason.

This is a really good album I must say and I have criminally overlooked it in recent years. It's certainly not without it's weaknesses though. For starters it's not anything mind-blowing or boundary-pushing. Secondly it is a little bit over-long. I found my attention beginning to wane towards the latter parts of the album, and it could perhaps benefit from having a song or two shaved from the track listing. But what this is is a very haunting and moving album and one that sounds really good during the winter months.

Spoiler for Wall of You:

Daniel Land & The Modern Painters – Love Songs for the Chemical Generation (2009)

What's in a name? Well for a start, what a terrible name for a band. It really hasn't done them any favours. You could argue that having a terrible band name has prevented these guys from being as big as they deserve to be, because this is actually a really good album. Actually this album is amazing. Why I have I neglected it though? Besides the band name the album cover itself isn't very inviting either, it doesn't scream "hey you, listen to me!" But it's the actual music on the album that should matter most here and I must say that this album can rival the likes of Sigur Ros and Hammock in the beautiful music stakes. I could even say that this is one of the best shoegaze/dream-pop albums of the past fifteen years and this isn't hyperbole by the way.

Just like the album title and one hour ten minute running time hint at, this is a very ambitious album. However they pull it off with spectacular results and you are left clinging onto every guitar melody and reverb-laden vocal hook, not wanting this album to end. Some of the influences are kind of obvious, early Slowdive, The Cure and A Storm in Heaven-era Verve. Hell, there's even a little hint of country in there somewhere. This album should be in more people's music collections and it's also a shame that I haven't given this more plays myself, because it's an amazing album.

Spoiler for Glitterball:

12-23-2014, 12:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	A Whisper in the Noise – Through the Ides of March (2002) This is an album that I've had for a number of years now, and I honestly can't remember the last time that I listened to it until now. For those of you wondering, this is a post-rock/slowcore type album with delicate vocals and a lush wash of instruments, including piano, strings and of course guitar. There's quite a lot of variety on this album and it doesn't cleanly fit into any particular genre. The beautiful and melancholic post-rock of the opening track 'The Wall of You' is heartbreaking to listen to, as does 'The Sound of Longing', which lives exactly up to it's name. There are also darker, moodier numbers such as 'Silence' and 'The Song of Hate', the latter vaguely reminding me of Nine Inch Nails or Trent Reznor for some reason. This is a really good album I must say and I have criminally overlooked it in recent years. It's certainly not without it's weaknesses though. For starters it's not anything mind-blowing or boundary-pushing. Secondly it is a little bit over-long. I found my attention beginning to wane towards the latter parts of the album, and it could perhaps benefit from having a song or two shaved from the track listing. But what this is is a very haunting and moving album and one that sounds really good during the winter months. Spoiler for Wall of You: Daniel Land & The Modern Painters – Love Songs for the Chemical Generation (2009) What's in a name? Well for a start, what a terrible name for a band. It really hasn't done them any favours. You could argue that having a terrible band name has prevented these guys from being as big as they deserve to be, because this is actually a really good album. Actually this album is amazing. Why I have I neglected it though? Besides the band name the album cover itself isn't very inviting either, it doesn't scream "hey you, listen to me!" But it's the actual music on the album that should matter most here and I must say that this album can rival the likes of Sigur Ros and Hammock in the beautiful music stakes. I could even say that this is one of the best shoegaze/dream-pop albums of the past fifteen years and this isn't hyperbole by the way. Just like the album title and one hour ten minute running time hint at, this is a very ambitious album. However they pull it off with spectacular results and you are left clinging onto every guitar melody and reverb-laden vocal hook, not wanting this album to end. Some of the influences are kind of obvious, early Slowdive, The Cure and A Storm in Heaven-era Verve. Hell, there's even a little hint of country in there somewhere. This album should be in more people's music collections and it's also a shame that I haven't given this more plays myself, because it's an amazing album. Spoiler for Glitterball: __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound Last edited by Zer0; 12-23-2014 at 12:51 PM.