Disconnected - Funkstorung

Advantages: Highly inventive. Amazing.
Disadvantages: None.

...not as impressive as R. Devine). Matvec Interior is a flood of contorted digits, clobbering as if possessed by rage. Once again, the micro-rhythmics are hyper-complex and ever-changing. The last track is a remix of Sigstop, track nbr. 2, and is also a collaboration between Richard and another artist: Funkstorung. All in all, Cautella is a mind-blowing album, and comes highly recommended for those who appreciate avant-guard music. It is yet another example of Richard Devine's talent. * (Written by myself - no violation, no lifting, no breach of copyright)... Read review

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Advantages: Lively, energetic and catchy tunes
Disadvantages: Short playing time

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Advantages: melodic, mature, addictive, highly underrated song writing.
Disadvantages: a step further away from the hard rock that some fans loved.

...This band and especially this album deserve to go down in history. The melodic and varied songs on this album easily match those by bands such as Keane, Athlete etc, but for some reason Idlewild has failed to get the spotlight again. This may be due to the suffisticated lyrics they use rather than the same old bland 'love' lyrics that seem to get into the public eye. Songs such as 'Welcome Home', 'Disconnected', and 'El Capitan' are modern day classics in my book. Every song deserves its place though, there are no weak links. There is no doubt this is a extremely underrated album, the only people who would disagree are the hardcore fans who crave for the hard rocking/punking music that this outfit used to churn out. This, however is much more mature, melodic and beautiful. You WILL NOT get bored of listening to this album... Read review

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