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SIX BY SEVEN The Things We Make (1998 UK 10-track CD including European Me & Candlelight picture sleeve MNTCD1011)
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This Nottingham band may owe the odd nod to M.B.V or Pink Floyd but they've carved a totally unique sound in todays musical landscape. The opener 'A Beautiful Shape' unfurls with a tension and tightness that has you on tenterhooks from the very start, with Chris Olleys effortless vocal beautifully offsetting the churning, latent anger of guitar and keyboard. This theme of tension runs throughout the album, almost every track holding you in terrified awe, so that the odd moment when the flood gates open, the end of the epic 'Spy Song' or the closing screams on 'Brilliantly Cute', create a curious adrenaline rush, an uncontrollable gush of emotion. On other songs the tension becomes unbearable; 'Something Wild' layers guitar after guitar under Olleys anguished mantra and when your head finally feels like it will explode...nothing. '88-92-96' creeps and crawls better than anything this side of Joy Division, and the startling, piledriving 'European Me' leaves with your head ringing and your heart lifted. More conventional songs like the early Charlatans groove of 'Candlelight' maintain the tension while sounding like they could go top 40. The jewel in the crown though, is the beauteous 'Oh! Dear' where Olley contemplates love, life and the universe over a gradually building guitar motif, before every thing explodes in a maelstrom of vicious feedback, savage drums and abrasive chord changes. It finally reverts back to the simple motif, the dust settles after the end of the world.
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They went on from this to record "The closer you get" then "So close" with a new single "Bochum" out now and a new album on the way. And the best thing? They are ALL great.
They are heavier now, but still dark and brooding. And this debut still represents a superb album.
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Six by Seven conjour up interesting sonic textures, being a band with 2 guitars and the choice of keyboards or saxophone. Some of the material here owes a bit to My Bloody Valentine, others pay homage to Joy Division, and the ghost of Pink Floyd occasionally flits through the proceedings as well.The only conventional 'pop' song on the album ('Candlelight'), bounces long on an early 90s 'baggy' shuffle. These influences coalesce beautifully into 'Oh Dear' the best song on the album and of their short career, although '88-92-96', 'Candlelight' and 'A Beautiful Shape' are all also out of the top drawer. This album deserves to be heard, but it's more likely to be looked back on as the album that got the ball rolling, as I feel Six by Seven still have so much more in them.
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Not the best 6x7 effort
It's OK. A little wayward at times. If you are a six. by seven fan, then it's worth adding to your collection for completness, but if you're new to the band, buy "the closer you... Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2003 by Tom du Pré
This album is disturbing, but amazing
After the spine tingling 'A Beautiful Shape' has grabbed your attention, carry on listen for the rest of this extremely varied and experimental album. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 1999
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