'I believe that we've got it wrong'

More ambience for you today. But listen to me when i say i didn't specifically search for it this time. Honestly you try to find something other than electronica and ambience and it just doesn't happen. Also my laptop was being a dick earlier so i cut my search a little shorter than usual. But we'll be fine.

SLEEPING AT LAST

I'm wondering if an opening claim that this music is nothing short of beautiful is probably incredibly abitious isn't it? Well i'm being honest. The name of the game here, like yesterdays band, is big crescendos and lots of little melodies that come and go, adding a brilliant amount of depth into the pieces. 
Flowing piano melodies play a big part here and are generally the centre piece of each track. Whether it's a simple repetition  of a single melody, or a far more complex piece that winds its way around the lyrics and other instrumentals and fills the whole piece with that particular kind of grace that only piano (and maybe violin) can give. It warms my heart to see people taking advantage of piano in such a big way, and these guys do it well.


Now in terms of 'sounds like..' which people always enjoy hearing in music reviews, i'd feel like a complete asshole if i compared this band to The Feeling, because really, no one wants that. But it's impossible to deny the similarities. Luckily though, these similiarites run about as deep as those between a cougar and a domesticated cat. Elements that bind the two bands are just cranked up a notch by these guys. The vocals, for instance are strong and ranged, rather than whiny and nasal. The melodies of this band are presented as complex and have this great sotry-telling quality about them, as opposed to similar instrumentals that just plataeu with repetitive melodies and uninspired backing. And it's these complexities that set this band far above other of a similar style. Tonal changes, tempo changes, crescendos and slows in beat, these are all the things that make music enjoyable and, quite frankly worth listening to. And while this band are not in the same league as many out there, they've managed to put a lot of bite into an acoustic genre.
Take the track 'Clockwork' for example. This song begins, with its jumpy strings and piano, just like you'd expect from a Disney film (Snow White immediately comes to mind) and that sense carries on through the whole song, while the vocals laid over the top fit perfectly with the whole thing. And the resulting song is jumpy and lively and just generally brilliant in its composition. Ok so it's actually really camp (if that Snow White comparison wasn't a bit of a giveaway) but who cares? This is good music stemming from some great talent and a passion for music. Definately the high point of the playlist, this song portrays the band at its very best.