with "ritual" provides the British band after a 2 year break even on their second album 'To Lose My Life ". May be unexpectedly fast in not necessarily spontaneous-sounding music of the 3 men, but of course 'ne good thing. Have they been stuck in the days of their debuts in the drawer of the post-punk revival with including Interpol and Editors, this comparison will apply only to a limited extent, than to Editors can find even more similarities. For as this to "In This Light and on This Evening" and White Lies are now moving their synthesizers more in the foreground, so that these only put more subtle accents, but are now a fundamental element often. So the result, the music on "Ritual", even only remotely something with "real" post-punk has to do. Listening to consensus works of this genre like the Gang Of Four's on "Entertainment" or one of the early albums of Wire, one will not necessarily mean that they belong in the same category as "ritual".
The term pop meets as even more like it. The White Lies are in fact now, though still with a slightly gloomy impact. But even as pop meets categorization, if you present it as something big and unusual defined. For great is a suitable Description for the sound of London. On their second album sounds like nothing so here Lo-Fi, or grand gestures and emotion are integral parts of the plate. Since then must not be missing the big emotions. to "To Lose My Life" was confirmed dead in almost every song the defining issue, it now revolves around the human factor and thus to love. Often, as in "Street Lights" show the darker side of this. "Bored girls and boys sad / dull roads to Anywhere / bad sex and ethanonal / High scores on solitaire." "Not a soul in a street light / this might be love." In addition to the issue and mentioned the wide and well-produced sound that still stand out above all the vocal melodies of the choruses forth. Thus, the corresponding lines from songs like "Peace And Quiet" and "Holy Ghost" put forward not only great but also bite into the ear canals.
is the end, the album to the debut of the band, especially an album of "more". More sound, more pathos, more synths, more pop. For it is not that it did not already pathos and pop appeal to "To Lose My Life" was, but to "ritual", it's at a considerable bit more. will damage the music does not necessarily where you moments like the descent of "Holy Ghost" to the end in the direction area disco-rock Stampfer had better avoided. Furthermore, one must also realize that the 2nd Half the album is difficult with the first can compete, maybe we would have here fillers such as "Bad Love" to underline. Nevertheless, a good record, their style can be a fan, but also has to get used first.
7 / 10 points
by Markus.
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