Tim Bowness Abandoned Dancehall Dreams
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Onirium
June 26th 2014


3117 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm more interested in what direction PT'd take but yeah new No-Man would be great. The more "organic"

sound of their last two albums was pretty cool. His solo career is fucking awesome though

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
June 26th 2014


6199 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

Yeah, The Raven was his best effort so far. I read he's planning on recording a new solo record this summer so it's gonna take a while before he considers going back to PT or No-Man. Bummer...

greg84
Emeritus
June 26th 2014


7654 Comments


*benefit from...

Mad.
June 27th 2014


4916 Comments


Doesn't look like this has got much love yet. In this day and age, not releasing a stream of your album is like shooting yourself in the foot, nobody buys music blind

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
June 27th 2014


6199 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

Agreed. Even though he has a video for the song Warm Up Man Forever, it doesn't help too much. The record should have made some streaming available, at least a couple of songs...



Thanks Greg.

Muikuli
June 29th 2014


195 Comments


It is up on Spotify, though, where I'm listening to it right now.

Haven't really listened to No-man stuff in many years, but I did use to like it. The first listen here
isn't really invoking any emotions from me. This is pleasant sounding as usual from Bowness, but
I can't really grip to much here. Relaxing music for the right setting, but perhaps too subdued for its
own good.

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
June 29th 2014


6199 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

Well, it is an album that requiers a certain mood to really get under your skin. I

Like I said, I wasn't that impressed at first either, yet I've been digging it a lot lately. Give it some time

AStableReference
July 3rd 2014


2202 Comments


I really need to hear this.

No-man were rather influential on me some years back, helping to point my musical taste in a different direction.

Felix265
July 5th 2014


1 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

An album that grows on you. The review is right on the money. Maybe not as good as No Man's 'Returning Jesus, Together We're Stranger or Schoolyard Ghosts' but a damn fine record none the less.

TheCollectiveFacade
April 13th 2015


1276 Comments


whoever wrote this a 2 is a fing idiot

OmairSh
August 23rd 2015


17615 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

The girl that dads could laugh with



hhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Onirium
August 16th 2016


3117 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Bumping this; it's a shame I had forgotten this record



There's something completely sincere and heartfelt about the way Bowness sings, as if he was whispering to you some secret poem. There's a beautiful sense of intimacy, in this record, especially.





Frost15
June 6th 2024


3275 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, I love the way Bowness sings, it reminds me of a male version of Nico+Annie Lennox. Album has its brilliant moments for sure, but it drags sometimes and it never really explodes. Waterfoot rules hard.



PS: Daaaamn, 8 year bump jeez...



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