I liked
Stu`s description of how this album works for him. It`s a reminder of something that is true for all of us;
"In my mind I still need a place to go," is how Neil Young put it on one of his own melancholy tracks. I like sad music too, but I didn`t particularly enjoy this album, and here`s why:-
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Originally Posted by Zer0
This is very much true. One of the most beautiful and most powerful things about this type of music is it's ambiguity, the lyrics aren't important or are sometimes non-existent. This allows the listener to interpret the music in their own way and by using their own imagination they feel like part of the album a bit more. This all goes back to bands like Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, back to 70's ambient music like Brian Eno and back to classical music and beyond. I once read in an interview with Slowdive where they said that their biggest aim was to create music that doesn't force any thoughts or emotions on the listener , and to allow the listener to interpret their music in their own way. This is definitely true for this album, there's so many different ways to interpret it.
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^ This kind of approach sounds quite commendable in theory - how pure, how austere, how intellectual. The problem is that it`s also very restricting, because out go things like human warmth and musical excitement and if you are not careful you are left with not much more than an inoffensive electronic wash. For myself, I feel as if I`ve already heard loads of albums like
Alone I Admire . After all, it`s not so long ago that we reviewed
The Sounds Of The Sounds Of Silence, which was in a similar style.
Anyway,
Alone I Admire fits the wintry theme pretty well and, of its kind is actually better than average, but it`s not for me; I`m usually too hyped up with caffine and the modern world to succumb to the exalted beauty that Auburn Lull is aiming for.
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