Album Rating: 3.5
"The first time I listened to the album I was totally blown away with the original tracklist. It made me forgive Nil by Mouth by that point. I don't know why it was changed, but I prefer it this way"
I think the album would come across stronger if it had been ordered like this:
1. IV
2. Nil By Mouth
3. So Tired
4. Unbroken
5. Great Heights
6. Dark Light
7. Wave Of Tides
8. The Other Side
9. Start Again
10. Visiting Hours
For Dark Light is a very meh opener (disregarding IV as the intro) and works better at start of side B. NBM, STired and Unbroken in a row hit hard and create the feel of wow this album is killer.
Then it eases into some decent more brooding type tunes. It has the very strong 'other side' to keep side B sounding very engaging too.
|