Oppressed_By_The_Line-Soft_Focus-2008-NJS

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Artist      : Oppressed By The Line
Album       : Soft Focus
Year        : 2008
Genre       : Indie
Quality     : 233kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source      : CD
Playtime    : 0h 48m
Size        : 85.19mb
Label       : Drifting Falling
Catalognr   : DRIFTING002

Tracklist:
01. Condensation                                                 4:47
02. Sorry I Never Wrote You Back                                 2:48
03. Don't Bestow The Lesser Things                               5:36
04. The Stars Are Sleeping                                       6:36
05. Solitude                                                     6:12
06. I Can't Remember The Sound                                   4:48
07. Static Images And Soft Whispers                              3:41
08. Thousands Of Miles And An Ocean Away                         3:12
09. Shattering Glass Houses                                      7:32
10. Magnetic North                                               3:12

Releasenotes:
Trying to excersise my mind muscles this morning with Oppressed by the Line's
'Soft Focus' CD. It's a fine collection of wistful electronic pop songs with an
old skool heart, constructed with modern technology. Passages of enveloping,
caressing sound make me think of a less Radiohead indebted Julian Fane. Waves of
warm yet melancholic sound tussle with simple beats and delicious keys whilst
hazey, longing vocals drift amongst the shifting chords like sad, drifting
clouds. It's hard to describe just how satisfying this music is. I can hear AR
Kane & Depeche Mode influences in there, possibly acts like Seefeel but this has
a rudimentary richness to it, an originality I can't put my finger on. It's
dream pop with some very emotive, almost classical keyboard sweeps. Some tracks
have that blissed out processed guitar chime on that totally makes the hair on
your spine stand up, amongst tracks constructed within fields of haunting
ambience. The beats totally compliment the songs as they gently embellish the
music rather than overwhelm it with progressive trickery & smart-alec
glitch/boffin-breaks! A treat for downtempo electronic music fans & yr modern
shoegazers, this CD on Drifting Falling may well be a future masterpiece. I feel
my words have nowhere near done it justice, for it╞s 10 crystalline songs are
beautifully rounded and very moving! Excellent indeed!

http://driftingfalling.com/project/oppressed-by-the-line-soft-focus/

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