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5.0 out of 5 stars
Autumnal British melancholy or lasting appeal...,
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This review is from: Gone Away (Audio CD)
Music doesn't always have to be about the bells and whistles and big gestures of mainstream rock. Sometimes, it can be just as much about nuance, mood and tone. John Henry Lambert's 'Gone Away' is firmly in the latter camp. Scott Walker once said that he wanted to achieve a 'perfect stillness' in his music - I dunno if he ever achieved it, but Lambert comes close here. The album inculcates a sense of poetic, Autumnal British melancholy that is engrossing. Melancholy doesn't mean depressing - it's more the pastoral hues and warm earthy tones of this frequently mesmerising work that lifts it into a class of its own. You may only need one album like this - but make sure it's 'Gone Away' - it'll haunt you - but in a good way!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A quiet understated masterpiece,
By Snowflake (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gone Away (Audio CD)
I got this album as I was intrigued by the concept of 'ambient folk'. The result is genuinely rewarding - a quite melancholy mood seems to pervade the lyrics and some of the music on the record, but it doesn't really feel depressing in the way that listening to an early Leonard Cohen album might. His voice reminds me sometimes of Roger Waters, or Leonard Cohen, and it is lifted nicely by the additional female singers. The musicianship is sparse and I feel quite deliberately minimal - I felt quite transported by some genuinely beautiful passages, but this only adds to the overall mood. It's an album without real highs and lows - it has a wonderfully restful consistency of mood. This is something I can listen to quietly, to reflect upon life, nature and the passing of time.
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