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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster Jones | July 29th 17 |
At their inception, Covenant was a group with definite talent, but also enriching character, which they then seemed to lose somewhat during the late 90's. By the turn of the century, however, it had come back, and Northern Light would end up as a hallmark for the futurepop style and the best work Covenant did working solely within the confines of the subgenre. Addicting melodies, danceable rhythms, beautiful vocals and lyrics, a variety of tones, and all of the charm in the world is what makes this sound work, and Northern Light may just be the perfect embodiment of it. It's songs like "Invisible & Silent" that can define careers in the eyes of the masses; anthemic, memorable, and uplifting. It's songs like "Scared", on which the sound turns tensely low-key and Eskil Simonsson sounds quite perturbed, that can define careers in the eyes of dedicated fans; nuanced, arresting, and central to the record. Basically, it's Covenant's magnum opus, and as such is a must-hear for futurepop/EBM listeners.
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| 3.0 good | exoclipse | July 26th 11 |
Some superb tracks - "Call the Ships to Port," "We Stand Alone," "We Want Revolution," but zero cohesiveness, and a lot of really awful filler. The superb tracks are classics to the fullest meaning of the word - I still get chills when I listen to "Call the Ships to Port" after having heard it hundreds of times - but the filler tracks are so awful...I don't listen to it as an album. This is the usual Covenant experience, unfortunately.
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| 3.0 good | Batou | November 23rd 21 |
| 4.5 superb | KOZAKY | November 14th 20 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | March 25th 19 |
| 3.5 great | p4p | November 16th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | desertm | November 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Chironex | November 18th 13 |
| 3.0 good | chayka | August 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | joomisy | August 1st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bab | June 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Blade86 | October 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ladakh | July 12th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Vesper | April 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rogfield | February 27th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Asaura | March 18th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Sconza | January 4th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Hewitt | October 9th 07 |
| 3.5 great | 204409 EMERITUS | August 7th 07 |
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