 | |
Defiance
[Accession Records]
This might be the record of the year for electro fans. Assemblage 23's third album is a real success, a proof of the band's evolution and a following through of the first two albums. All ten tracks of "Defiance" are gems with various sounds and rhythms, nearly made timeless by the more and more humane and personal voice of Tom Shear. Beyond hits that will raise the dead like Opened and Drive (real synthetic ballads on the future's motorways), the American multi-instrumentist shows the range of his musical abilities on a few slow compositions like the very pop Lullaby and Horizon, track of the year, a kind of floating digest of Depeche Mode and Puppy's genius. A magical album, futuristic and audacious like the single Document, a difficult challenge for those who would like to do better. An urgent acquisition indeed.
Stéphane Colombet |
| | |  | | |
| | | |
| | | | |
