Turin Brakes / Ether Song
Album: Ether Song   Collection:Deep Storage 200703
Artist:Turin Brakes   Added:Apr 2003
Label:Astralwerks  

Album Review
Wyatt
Reviewed 2003-06-26
Recommend NOT to add this. Slick, way-overproduced, folky-rock-psychedelia. Plus, it's just irritating.
1. Thom-Yorke-esque vocals, synthesized folk sound.
2. I'm getting hives. Male-female harmonizing in psuedo-folk drivel.
3. "Vultures are circling" them... this is warranted.
4. Lame chord transitions; plodding, Soul Asylum influence.
5. Sounds like the Verve, but not in a good way -- lame, boring song.
6. Psuedo-Southern/alt-country. The vocalist suddenly develops accent.
7. Predictable crescendo: your nightmare case of overproduction.
8. "Southern Rain" -- enough said.
*9. Cool as in chill, acceptable melody, unmoving lyrics, but listenable.
10. ~Pink Floyd~ Minimal acoustic, then the strings SWELL. Yeah.
11. More rockin' than the rest.
12. Acoustics and soft organ that goes no where. Which is almost refreshing here, except lyrics are like, "huh?"...inexplicable bookends of dreamy electronica.

Track Listing
1. Blue Hour   7. Clear Blue Air
2. Average Man   8. Pain Killer
3. Long Distiance   9. Full of Stars
4. Self Help   10. Panic Attack
5. Falling Down   11. Little Brother
6. Stone Thrown   12. Rain City