Open Season [Digipak] - British Sea Power

Advantages: Memorable tunes with comprehensible and meaningful lyrics
Disadvantages: Sonically gorgeous; musically not as clever as some

...now well established British act, Open Season follows up 2003's Decline Of British Sea Power, and only broadens the wealth of talent to be found on the Rough Trade label. Drawing on influences as diverse as Echo & The Bunnymen, Doves and David Bowie, it's a solid album from start to finish. 1. It Ended On An Oily Stage: An upbeat starter, showcasing Yan's versatile voice: from a serene, almost creepy vocal in the chorus, to a more urgent growl immediately ...
...riff, this is a sound opener. 2. Be Gone: A catchy riff is doubled by the vocal melody until the chorus, at which point the vocals rise to a ridiculous pitch and the guitars provide an evocative backdrop. The shortest track on the record, but infectious. 3. How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?: Another driving drum beat backs up a strong verse awash with jangly guitars, and singalong atonal chorus. The bridge is propelled by bass drum and the song ... Read review

Advantages: The melodic lines and lyrics
Disadvantages: Not as good as the first album

...Wood drums. Eamon keyboards and percussion. Open Season is the second album by British Sea Power, the theatrical Brighton based quintet who dress in old British war uniforms and surround themselves with taxidermised animals. It has a retrospective feel of a mid eighties band such as the smiths and echo and the bunny men. The album was created( the right word to use ) in a barn up on the South Downs, beside the ancient chalk-hill figure The Long ...
...as beautiful as the settings in which they were written. The melodic lines seem to flow between songs and an environmental theme is evident through out. The sound is nothing like I have heard before, Please stand up is a really uplifting song and usually livens me up after a long day working. North hanging rock the next track on the album sounds surprisingly similar, but contrasts the song before well. Where please stand up is lively and energetic, ... Read review