How does it compare to the artist's other releases
Average
Value for Money
Good
Advantages:
The melodic lines and lyrics
Disadvantages:
Not as good as the first album
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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British Sea Power are:
Yan vocals and guitar. Noble guitar. Hamilton bass and vocals. 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 Man Of Wilmington. This is evident as the songs are 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, North Hanging rock is more relaxing and mellow in nature.
Evident throughout the album is a distinct environmental theme which reflects the climate that we live in, songs such as it ended on an oily stage ( probably relating to an oil spillage) and Oh Larsen B. Larsen B is an ice cap in Antarctica for those who want to know, and the song probably relates to the imminent threat posed by global warming.
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Good
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