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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Just in time to make the 2009 'best of' list, Epic 45 once more make a low-key but majestic re-entry (anybody seen any reviews or promotion for this?). I first discovered this band courtesy of the last album in 2007, which has rightly been cited in certain quarters as a highlight of the past decade. So, what a relief to find that 'In All The Empty Houses' picks up where 'map' left off and raises the melodic bar even higher.
All the trademarks are present and correct, though this mini-album is probably more accessible than past offerings - there are proper vocals on 'em all, don't ya know! Still, that doesn't mean this is a conventional record as Epic 45 are far too interesting a proposition for that. Wonderfully atmospheric and euphoric, this album is sonically georgeous and incredibly uplifting. It reminds me of Ulrich Schnauss's 'A Strangely Isolated Place', but with vocals. Great use of subtle electronica(Boards of Canada, et al)and wonderful, sweeping guitars. It all adds up to a mix that is just perfect to these ears...
All the trademarks are present and correct, though this mini-album is probably more accessible than past offerings - there are proper vocals on 'em all, don't ya know! Still, that doesn't mean this is a conventional record as Epic 45 are far too interesting a proposition for that. Wonderfully atmospheric and euphoric, this album is sonically georgeous and incredibly uplifting. It reminds me of Ulrich Schnauss's 'A Strangely Isolated Place', but with vocals. Great use of subtle electronica(Boards of Canada, et al)and wonderful, sweeping guitars. It all adds up to a mix that is just perfect to these ears...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have only recently discovered Epic45, this album being my first purchase by the band (albeit I've since gone on to purchase five other albums by them, such is the power and beauty generated by their music).
This album is quite simply one of the best - and most unique - releases I've heard in absolutely ages. Not just by Epic45 - but anybody!! It begins very much soundtracking the photograph on the album sleeve, using multi-layered echoey guitars. The song conjures up feelings of looking back and possibly regret. It felt a little like, say, 'Eyeless In Gaza'. If the whole album had been in this vein, I would still have been here writing a great review, but it would likely have been a somewhat different review.
Let me explain. After track one we get 'Daylight Ghosts', and you expect more of the same; I don't know why, but I did - maybe I've just heard too many albums where the general 'feel' of an album is set by the first track and the rest of the album is dictated by the feel of the first track. However, you don't get more of the same - you get something altogether different. 'Daylight Ghosts' begins with a guitar routed through a digital-delay multi-FX device which gives a nicely repeated riff. In fact, it sounds wonderful. Then the vocals kick in and it sounds better still. Then comes the bass (and what a bass!) and that's your first 'Wow!!!' moment right there. 'Daylight Ghosts' is incredible. I must have played this track over fifty times now and still I'm amazed by it.
For 'In All The Empty Houses' (track 3), things change again. That's the real beauty of this album - it has the ability to be so many colours. You simply don't normally get that because within the confines of a band, all members of the band generally want to contribute meaning that if there's a guitarist, then you can expect guitar on every track; if there's a keyboard player, then you'll get keyboards etc. What's so fresh about Epic45 is that they only appear to contribute instruments when they feel that the instrument will actually add something to the track. Very few bands work this way; only Talk Talk and Radiohead spring to mind as examples. It's as if the producer turned around to the guitarist and said 'Hey, we don't need you for the next song'. It's the same story with the vocals (many of Epic45's earlier albums are mainly instrumental), and on this album we're treated to a really nice mix.
I'm amazed that I've never discovered this band myself until recently. They've been together for years, are based in Shropshire, and have released some of the finest material you've possibly never heard.
You need Epic45 in your life. Don't hesitate to let them in.
This album is quite simply one of the best - and most unique - releases I've heard in absolutely ages. Not just by Epic45 - but anybody!! It begins very much soundtracking the photograph on the album sleeve, using multi-layered echoey guitars. The song conjures up feelings of looking back and possibly regret. It felt a little like, say, 'Eyeless In Gaza'. If the whole album had been in this vein, I would still have been here writing a great review, but it would likely have been a somewhat different review.
Let me explain. After track one we get 'Daylight Ghosts', and you expect more of the same; I don't know why, but I did - maybe I've just heard too many albums where the general 'feel' of an album is set by the first track and the rest of the album is dictated by the feel of the first track. However, you don't get more of the same - you get something altogether different. 'Daylight Ghosts' begins with a guitar routed through a digital-delay multi-FX device which gives a nicely repeated riff. In fact, it sounds wonderful. Then the vocals kick in and it sounds better still. Then comes the bass (and what a bass!) and that's your first 'Wow!!!' moment right there. 'Daylight Ghosts' is incredible. I must have played this track over fifty times now and still I'm amazed by it.
For 'In All The Empty Houses' (track 3), things change again. That's the real beauty of this album - it has the ability to be so many colours. You simply don't normally get that because within the confines of a band, all members of the band generally want to contribute meaning that if there's a guitarist, then you can expect guitar on every track; if there's a keyboard player, then you'll get keyboards etc. What's so fresh about Epic45 is that they only appear to contribute instruments when they feel that the instrument will actually add something to the track. Very few bands work this way; only Talk Talk and Radiohead spring to mind as examples. It's as if the producer turned around to the guitarist and said 'Hey, we don't need you for the next song'. It's the same story with the vocals (many of Epic45's earlier albums are mainly instrumental), and on this album we're treated to a really nice mix.
I'm amazed that I've never discovered this band myself until recently. They've been together for years, are based in Shropshire, and have released some of the finest material you've possibly never heard.
You need Epic45 in your life. Don't hesitate to let them in.
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