Irving - Death In The Garden Blood On The Flowers

After a few casual listens to "Death In The Garden.." I've decided that the album is mainly made up of two types of songs. The first type involves them sounding no different to every generic "indy" rock band and in this half of the album there's little to hold your attention. However the second set of songs pretty much sound like Bonnie "Prince" Billy meets Bauhaus with a touch of semi fruity Pet Shop Boys synth thrown in for good measure. In other words, music to sit in a dark room, chain smoking and feeling ever so bleak to whilst still having a slight element of groove left in you. As these songs haven't been set apart from each other, it almost feels like you're being given a break in between each little piece of emoting, heart broken rambling and thus giveing those slabs of mediocre boredom some point to the continuity of the album. I'm not sure that's how Irving intended it, but that's how it worked out.

Irving - She's Not Shy
Irving - I'll Write the Song, You Sing For Me
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