These New Puritans
Inside The Rose
BMG
The more I listen to this album, the harder it gets to describe. Inside The Rose transcends its own material existence as an album, proving itself an experience of its own.
Inside The Rose carries a hypnotic quality to it, ambient instrumentals paced perfectly with drum loops that tend to build up, creating tension with haunting familiarity. Jack Barnettβs crooning vocals only add to this. βLetβs get lost together,β he suggests on βAnti-Gravityβ, leaving you no choice but to obey.
There arenβt particular standouts on the album, frankly, as it is their tracklist placement and coordination with each other that lets the albumβs magic sustain. The title track does, however, capture the soundtrack-like atmospheric nature of the rest of the record while revealing the eclectic side to These New Puritans.Β
The album is, in short, an electronic lullaby, slightly morbid but welcoming at the same time. Itβs the kind of music you almost fall asleep to, but are introduced to surprises just infrequently enough to keep you up.
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SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: THESE NEW PURITANS – INSIDE THE ROSE
Stan Rastogi