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Promise Of Love
[Wall Of Sound/Labels]
With their four albums, only available in import, American Analog Set was until now a relatively little known band in Europe, but this is about to change because Labels finally decided to distribute "Promise of Love", the band's fifth recently recorded album. This is the occasion for a lot of people to discover the elegant pop of these Texans (we could imagine them mates with Lift To Experience) that we could vaguely situate somewhere between dEUS, the Notwist and Calla. These comparisons aren't that important though, because listening to the eight tracks of this excellent album (like the previous ones, especially "Know By Heart"), we can only but realise that AmAnSet has got its own identity and its own sound: a mature pop with melodies accessible and elaborate at the same time, which can be tinged by rock or electro depending on times. Obviously, it's not very original, but the quality of the compositions is there, and "Promise of love" is a homogeneous and pleasant album. So let's welcome these Texans on the old continent.
Renaud Martin |
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