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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Comparisons abound and it perhaps understandable that this
should be so. Are Mirrors just another tribute band shimmying in
on Hurts coat-tails, or do they possess substance as well as style
of their own? Have the eighties been drained beyond new belief?
'Lights and Offerings' must stand or fall, in the end, by the
strength of its material. I think it's a terrific little album!
There are ten tracks to consider here and for my money I found
something to love about each and every one of them. These are good
tunes by any standard known to man and singer James New delivers
them with conviction and panache. The beats are big, the synths
bubble and swish and glow as befits the genre but more than this
the performances have a sense of vivid clarity and immediacy which
drags us away from the hazy past into a fresh-faced reinvented present.
The band's reflections have paid off! The debts are doubly settled.
'Into The Heart' is an especially good example of what Mirrors
do best. A well-crafted melody and uplifting chorus grafted onto
a thundering electro-pop ostinato with a bundle of good feeling
thrown in to boot! No coldly calculated intellectual exercise this!
So too the trumpeting sonic glories of 'Searching The Wilderness'
and the glowing majestic cadences of 'Look At Me', a song with
enough power to burn its message in gold across a midnight sky!
Final track 'Secrets' is a composition of grand ambition. Coming
in at a weighty ten and a half minutes there was a risk that it might
have overstayed its welcome. Not in these steady hands however!
The variations in texture and dynamic flow sustain interest from
the first bar until the last. It is a spectacular wide-screen arrangement
full of light and shade and richly detailed thematic invention.
Judge it against history and we may risk losing the magic of the moment.
I, for one, believe Mirrors have succeeded in making a truly beautiful thing.
Highly Recommended.
should be so. Are Mirrors just another tribute band shimmying in
on Hurts coat-tails, or do they possess substance as well as style
of their own? Have the eighties been drained beyond new belief?
'Lights and Offerings' must stand or fall, in the end, by the
strength of its material. I think it's a terrific little album!
There are ten tracks to consider here and for my money I found
something to love about each and every one of them. These are good
tunes by any standard known to man and singer James New delivers
them with conviction and panache. The beats are big, the synths
bubble and swish and glow as befits the genre but more than this
the performances have a sense of vivid clarity and immediacy which
drags us away from the hazy past into a fresh-faced reinvented present.
The band's reflections have paid off! The debts are doubly settled.
'Into The Heart' is an especially good example of what Mirrors
do best. A well-crafted melody and uplifting chorus grafted onto
a thundering electro-pop ostinato with a bundle of good feeling
thrown in to boot! No coldly calculated intellectual exercise this!
So too the trumpeting sonic glories of 'Searching The Wilderness'
and the glowing majestic cadences of 'Look At Me', a song with
enough power to burn its message in gold across a midnight sky!
Final track 'Secrets' is a composition of grand ambition. Coming
in at a weighty ten and a half minutes there was a risk that it might
have overstayed its welcome. Not in these steady hands however!
The variations in texture and dynamic flow sustain interest from
the first bar until the last. It is a spectacular wide-screen arrangement
full of light and shade and richly detailed thematic invention.
Judge it against history and we may risk losing the magic of the moment.
I, for one, believe Mirrors have succeeded in making a truly beautiful thing.
Highly Recommended.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Lights and Offerings is the excellent self-produced album by promising young Brighton synthpop quartet MIRRORS. In a modern era that has spawned the likes of HURTS, DELPHIC, WHITE LIES, LITTLE BOOTS and LA ROUX, MIRRORS are, contrary to some recent criticisms, much more than mere revivalists of the classic Synth Britannia period. Certainly this much revered epoch permeates much of this debut opus. "Searching In The Wilderness" breathes "New Life" into Vince Clarke-era DEPECHE MODE, the equally fast-paced "Somewhere Strange" evokes classic NEW ORDER, while "Hide and Seek", one of the best singles of 2010, recalls early OMD.
"Those who were disappointed by ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK's comeback album History Of Modern may find exactly what they are looking for in Lights and Offerings..." - The Electricity Club
While more vocally akin to the likes of THE CURE and THE WILD SWANS, the spirit of early OMD is infused in much of this album's 10 tracks, with its strong melodic dynamic, counteracted by a yearning melancholia that characterizes much of the aforementioned Wirral act's best work. But MIRRORS are more support act than tribute act and, following a support slot with DELPHIC early in their short career, were invited to open up for OMD on the European leg of the "History Of Modern" tour last year. Visually the suit-clad foursome depict the classic KRAFTWERK line-up, but live they are a different beast altogether, with frontmen James and Ally adding an uncomfortable yet compelling intensity to their rich cornucopia of electronic sounds.
Other highlights include the now familiar singles "Look at Me" and "Ways to an End", and there is no lack of ambition on the album's 10-minute closer, "Secrets" a 3-part fusion of melody, noise ambience and epic instrumentation. The only disappointment for me is "Something on your Mind", a cover of an obscure country song which doesn't quite hit the heights, but this doesn't spoil an otherwise very enjoyable collection of songs.
"Those who were disappointed by ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK's comeback album History Of Modern may find exactly what they are looking for in Lights and Offerings..." - The Electricity Club
While more vocally akin to the likes of THE CURE and THE WILD SWANS, the spirit of early OMD is infused in much of this album's 10 tracks, with its strong melodic dynamic, counteracted by a yearning melancholia that characterizes much of the aforementioned Wirral act's best work. But MIRRORS are more support act than tribute act and, following a support slot with DELPHIC early in their short career, were invited to open up for OMD on the European leg of the "History Of Modern" tour last year. Visually the suit-clad foursome depict the classic KRAFTWERK line-up, but live they are a different beast altogether, with frontmen James and Ally adding an uncomfortable yet compelling intensity to their rich cornucopia of electronic sounds.
Other highlights include the now familiar singles "Look at Me" and "Ways to an End", and there is no lack of ambition on the album's 10-minute closer, "Secrets" a 3-part fusion of melody, noise ambience and epic instrumentation. The only disappointment for me is "Something on your Mind", a cover of an obscure country song which doesn't quite hit the heights, but this doesn't spoil an otherwise very enjoyable collection of songs.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've been awaiting Mirror's debut CD for months... since I listened to their songs on Myspace. The wait was worth it! This is a tight electronic pop album, and it keeps getting better with repeat listens. They wear their influences on their sleeves, but they add to them, and I really enjoy what they've done on this album. I buy a lot of electronic pop music, and in the past I've been underwhelmed with releases from Delphic, Chew Lips, Little Boots and others, all hailed as 80's electronic revivalists. These guys I think stand heads above shoulders from that pack, in music, lyrics, instrumenstation and overall "package". A must for fans of OMD, Foxx, Human League and overall good melancholic electronic pop!!
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mirrors
10 80s style songs with a modern production quite like delphic ,hurts,depeche mode.Some great songs like hide and seek + fear of drowning. Read more
Published 2 months ago by cass
I've waited 25 years for this!
From the opening notes of the 1st song 'Fear of Drowning', I was astounded when I heard this album. I've never lost my love of synthpop since it's all too brief heyday in the early... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Martin Dale
Offering a classic debut
Saw this band as a support to Gary Numan at 02 Manchester. Bought the CD as soon as it was released. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Kenny C
Finally, the wait is over
This band have been compared to a lot of synth bands of the past. Forget all that nonsense. These guys are brilliant and fresh and this album is awesome. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Bolsh
Buy it
This is an excellent album. It does wear its influences on its sleeve, but updates the synth sound with class. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Matthew Hudson
Totally uninspired and repetitive...
Totally uninspired and repetitive...
Absolutely boring.
Theses guys should really revise their classics and fast ; (((
Absolutely boring.
Theses guys should really revise their classics and fast ; (((
Published 14 months ago by Jesse CRAIGNOU
Mirrors delivery a solid debut album!
Yes yes, like everyone else says (and I myself have said reviewing the singles), Mirrors openly declare their influences. Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Human League, etc. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ixionyx
Old (school)!
I am old (-school), I agree with the review that references Kraftwerk (obvious homage to Kraftwerk in their look), Human League, Depeche - the same but different to all of the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by KenniPod
Second rate electronic pop
Some nice sounds but nothing new. Buy Architecture and Morality by OMD, The Man Machine by Kraftwerk, Speak and Spell by Depeche Mode and Dare by The Human League to hear how it is... Read more
Published 15 months ago by J.R
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