Review

After teasing us for the best part of a year with a couple of cracking seven-inches and whispers of spectacular gigs, the Scottish seven-piece finally unleash their debut, and it’s a belter. Distilling the chaotic spirit of Godspeed into 10 stunning chamber pop vignettes, Until The Earth… rages and swoons as dramatically as early Arcade Fire, its prominent strings and horns acting as lead instruments rather than lazy commercial backing tools. Between the opening swells of ‘Nearly Home’ and phenomenal closing waltz ‘Slow Parade’, the septet take in careering Balkan folk, gorgeous piano balladry and epic indie rock without missing a beat. Those end-of-year lists are beckoning already. Lee Gorman

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DOWNLOAD: ‘SLOW PARADE’, ‘A PROMISE’, ‘NEARLY HOME’.
FOR FANS OF: ARCADE FIRE, BRIGHT EYES, MY LATEST NOVEL.

Posted on: 27th January 2010

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