By the middle of this decade, the band that everyone wanted to be was Coldplay, so it's no surprise that bands like Keane and Snow Patrol suddenly found themselves popular, and even other bands that hadn't really sound like Coldplay churned out some mellow-ish piano+guitar albums during this time (see Athlete, Feeder, and Supegrass, for example). Embrace did them all one better though--they actually got Coldplay to write them a song! And it's a lovely one too--"Gravity" was one of my favorite songs of 2004, and so good that I picked up this album from a band I'd never heard of, whose careers resurged with this work ("Gravity" was their first top 10 hit in 6 years). Elsewhere, the band shows remarkable range, going for U2-esque stadium rock grandeur on opening "Ashes" to the intimacy of closing piano ballad "Out of Nothing." In between, the general mood is uplifting with sunrise-chasing songs like "Someday" and tender love songs like "A Glorious Day" and "Looking As You Are."Best: Gravity, A Glorious Day, Ashes, Someday, Out of Nothing, Looking As You Are
2 comments:
How are you not getting paid for reviews like these?
Hmm... I was thinkin; how long would it take to make posts on my blog dating back like 1999?
Thanks! I should get paid. What kind of posts are thinking? Trying to make it look like you wrote about something in the past? I recommend staying in the present.
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