Advantages: an overview of one of the eigthies finest creations Disadvantages: its goth, Jim, but not as we know it.
...Come, Heat and the eponymous Tower of Strength all put the band back in that mid-paced dark rock epic that they did so well, power held in check to produce a big, edgy and brooding rock leviathan.
And if the second album is straightforward rock with a gothic attitude added on, the contributions from the first album, Gods Own Medicine are a different mix. The evolution from Hussey's previous incarnation as part of the clinical, industrial dance fuelled ... ...with these songs. The Dance Goes On is lighter than what was to come and warmer than what went before. Guitars are more swirling and intricate and the words are more clichéd and seem to work to a predetermined dark and romantic image. Like Stay With Me and Love Me To Death, there is a false innocence to the words, a deliberate naivety but it sits well with the music and the bands image at that point in their career.
The third album Carved In Sand ...
steerpyke 05.02.2006
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