I've had it on constant repeat for the last three days.
author: Fred Hicks
I listened to the MP3's available on their website and got curious. When the CD arrived I was beyond pleased to find that, in fact, the CD more than delivered on the promise of those tracks -- enough so that I wish they'd put out mp3s of some of the other ones. "Undo" is definitely a good peek, but the album really starts to get its sophistication on starting at track four and ramping up from there. If anything, the album 'reads' like a progression through the maturing of the band's sound, with each song gaining some refinement and complexity over the last. I'm particularly fond of the second half of the album, with "Turning Around" and "With Old Photographs" being the top of the set, where they really *click* in getting Kate's pure and powerful vocals married perfectly to the electronic soundscape. Compared to the more commercial albums I've picked up over the past year, the quality and pricepoint on this one is a tough one to beat.
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Haunting vocals over stylish electronica.
author: David Bickerstaff
Got the album after Warren Ellis (diepunyhumans.com) recommended the band. Loved the sample tracks and ordered it
Vocals are beautiful, haunting and choral in a way that's hard to define. Reminiscent of Lisa Gerard, Laurie Anderson and Portishead, but not in an imitative way. Not to diminish the quality of the musicians backing the vocals.
Highly recommended
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Mellow, mellow, mellow. And a fantastic vocalist.
author: Ringwood
This CD is mellow, mellow, mellow. The kind of music that's good for suicide, or for lonely nights with bottles of cheap alcohol. "Turning Around," my favorite track, is also mellow, mellow, mellow... until about three-quarters of the way in. And, all right, I'm a sucker for a solid female vocalist. And that, Plink has in spades.
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Hypnotic and inspiring.
author: Daniel K.
This album is a must for artists who work, with music in the background. It will get the creative juices flowing and definitely get you to another place. Listened to the sample track "Mary Antonita" and had to have the CD. It's all good.
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