Tourist - Athlete

It’s always hard to follow up a good debut album. In fact it’s a task some bands find totally impossible but Athlete were determined to succeed. Creating a follow up to Vehicles and Animals was always going to prove tough as although containing a few weaker tracks the album was excellent. So 2 years down the line and Athlete returned with Tourist. The first single “Wires” provided an insight into the new albums more mature sound and early indications ...
...debut effort. No one expected that the boys from London could actually go and better the excellent Vehicles and Animals but that’s exactly what they’ve done. The new album boasts a more mature sound from Athlete and they seem to have benefited from it. Gone is the simple melody from the first album to be replaced by a much deeper and slightly more haunting bass line. In fact the overall sound of the album has a more mature edge to it that makes ...

Andy.mack 21.03.2005 · Read full review
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Tourist by Athlete is an amazing akbum filled with sad and emotional songs. The songs are slow and filled with emotion which makes it much more appealing. If sad songs arent your thing then this album is probably not going to interest you very much but I still think you should listen to it anyway to hear the amazing lyrics. Track list: Chances - 4.50 This song, like the rest of the album, is slow and meaningful. The lyrics ahve been carefully ...
...be extremely difficult. Tourist - 3.57 The album was named after this song. The tempo comes back down again with this song. The lyrics are sung more slowly again. There is more music without singing in this song than the previous ones. A story unravels throughout this song as well. Trading Air - 4.27 The introduction is slow and sounds like something sad is happening. The lyrics are sung much more slowly and the sentences are more broken up. Wires ...

SepticTank 09.04.2009 · Read full review
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...was brilliant. Finally justice! Tourist offers a blend of Coldplay's calm and beauty with Embrace's choruses. This is an album for any music fan who says they like 'indie'. Tourist is quite different to the previous album, aimed more towards the mainstream music fan. Which is a shame, cause in some senses this means that Athlete have sold out. The vague experimental songs such as 'Dungeness' are gone; this album is more Coldplay with out Chris Martin. ...
...song 'Wires' and 'Half Light' are the obvious headline songs on the album, but if you look beyond what you would hear on TMF this album is hiding some gems. 'Yesterday threw Everything at Me' is my personal favourite, it is by far the best song on the album. It really is a sensitive emotional song, with beautiful lyrics and great riffs. Song might ague that this Athlete are just catering for the growing market of Coldplay throw backs, who want to ...

hippo117 02.05.2006 · Read full review
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Okay i cannot say enough good things about this album. i've listened to it so many times and i just cannot get enough. It was a hard job to top their original album but the guys have really pulled through this time. Carey Willets (bass and vocals), Joel Pott (guitar and vocals),Steven V. Roberts Roberts was hired in 1964 by the New York Times as research assistant to James Reston, then the papers Washington bureau chief. He was a senior writer at ...
...is now a contributing editor. As... Steve Roberts (drums and vocals), and Tim Wanstall (keyboards and vocals). Their music is strongly influenced by classic Britpop bands, Coldplay, Oasis . Even vocalist Joel Pott ressembles in haircut and singing style to Oasis' frontman - Liam on the set of the Wonderwall video. There are none of their old songs on there and i love every track on it. This is a great buy for people who do not have the Vehicles and ...

beckg001 26.05.2005 · Read full review
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