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Review: Reverse
Last Lung’s latest 7-track release Reverse is nothing short of special, and has once again left me questioning myself how they still remain relatively undiscovered.
Whilst it shares some similarities with their incredible and inspirational album ‘Look At That Old Grizzly Bear’ it has an entrancing subtlety to it. Reverse still inhabits layering instruments upon each other, combining several melodies, as the tracks are built to such dramatic climaxes.
The opening track ‘Goodnight’ contains a pulsating beat where the song sounds as if it is drawing in and out, a much calmer and lulling opening to the album. This track seems to deliberately contrast their previous album’s opener ‘Oh Good Morning’ which crashes in with a massive sound of guitars all complementing each other. Although the album commences with a track that suggests a sense of closure, the second track ‘Moon’ almost seems to act as an interlude as a calm drift toward the tracks that possess the typically big sounds and moments where melodies collide. The tracks ‘66’ and ‘Young club’ retract away from the softness of the initial tracks and transform their beautiful captivating sound that holds a certain gentility, into one that drags in all their musical elements into one delivery.
This is a fantastic aspect of the album: the ability for the tracks to constantly change in form and style. The whole album seems set up as a progression, nothing sounds repetitive or overdone and the tracks sound spontaneous and experimental, almost as if progressing through musical scales and delving into the intricacies of musical patterns.
Reverse weaves together sounds to create an atmosphere of dreamscape, and manages to invite the listener to anticipate the unexpected. Hanging onto every note and expecting what waits round the corner, constantly attempting to predict when a melody will break, and when the sounds are all delivered collectively into something sounding spectacular.
Whilst it shares some similarities with their incredible and inspirational album ‘Look At That Old Grizzly Bear’ it has an entrancing subtlety to it. Reverse still inhabits layering instruments upon each other, combining several melodies, as the tracks are built to such dramatic climaxes.
The opening track ‘Goodnight’ contains a pulsating beat where the song sounds as if it is drawing in and out, a much calmer and lulling opening to the album. This track seems to deliberately contrast their previous album’s opener ‘Oh Good Morning’ which crashes in with a massive sound of guitars all complementing each other. Although the album commences with a track that suggests a sense of closure, the second track ‘Moon’ almost seems to act as an interlude as a calm drift toward the tracks that possess the typically big sounds and moments where melodies collide. The tracks ‘66’ and ‘Young club’ retract away from the softness of the initial tracks and transform their beautiful captivating sound that holds a certain gentility, into one that drags in all their musical elements into one delivery.
This is a fantastic aspect of the album: the ability for the tracks to constantly change in form and style. The whole album seems set up as a progression, nothing sounds repetitive or overdone and the tracks sound spontaneous and experimental, almost as if progressing through musical scales and delving into the intricacies of musical patterns.
Reverse weaves together sounds to create an atmosphere of dreamscape, and manages to invite the listener to anticipate the unexpected. Hanging onto every note and expecting what waits round the corner, constantly attempting to predict when a melody will break, and when the sounds are all delivered collectively into something sounding spectacular.
The album comes with a video of a live performance of the song ‘Five & Nine’, and also the official video for the track ‘Kaleidoscope’ from when the band were formerly known as Charlieshero.
Tracks to check out:
Goodnight
66
Deer-Eyed
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