Advantages: Superb follow up album Disadvantages: It seems to fly by
...2 years with this album Cast Of Thousands to follow up 2001 debut Asleep in The Back. With the same line up and the addition of a small choir who also play the violins and cello, are Strings without Strings.
Following an impressive debut Guy Garvey and the rest of the band had a lot to do to keep to the same sort of standard. The anger from the first album seems to have gone and in its place a more relaxing album is the result. Although that little ... ...relaxed sound makes it hard to distinguish, which of the albums is better, but hopefully I'll have an answer at the end of this.
Guy Garvey Singer/songwriter/guitar Mark Potter Guitars/Backing Vocal
Craig Potter Piano/Organ/Keyboard
Pete Turner Bass
Jupp Drums
The album opens with the superb "Ribcage", which like many of the tracks on this and the first album is of rather epic proportions. It opens using a sample echoing before the vocals come ...
Andy.mack 31.08.2003
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