Artist: The Domino State
Title: Uneasy Lies The Crown
Label: Exhibition
Genre: Rock
Bitrate: 213kbit av.
Time: 00:47:40
Size: 78.15 mb
Rip Date: 2010-08-29
Str Date: 2010-08-00
01. Intro 1:06
02. We Must Not Shut Outselves Away 4:02
03. This Oubliette 5:09
04. You Are The Winter 3:57
05. Pompeii 4:26
06. Big Six Wheel 3:34
07. What's The Question? 3:52
08. For Now 4:17
09. A Pillow Song 4:44
10. Firefly 3:43
11. Reverie 3:33
12. Safe Now 5:17
Release Notes:
Most musical acts would clamor for the steadily growing platform and
buzz enjoyed by the five members of The Domino State. After varied
publications labeled the band as breakout candidates in both 2008 and
2009, the Londoners opened for Coldplay at the O2 and toured with M83
and Longview. Now they finally release their debut, Uneasy Lies The
Crown, this month on Rough Trade.
The question before us is whether or not The Domino State warranted
such hype. After early singles like æIron MaskÆ paved a certain
post-punk way, the 11 songs (and intro track) on Uneasy Lies The Crown
pulse forward with a mature, expansive sound that inhabits, but isnÆt
limited to, the post-punk genre.
That isnÆt immediately clear from the outset. As new single æWe Must
Not Shut Ourselves AwayÆ bursts forth with higher-tinged guitar tones
and the upper register of Matt ForderÆs vocal in play, lazy comparisons
to Interpol and White Lies develop. It isnÆt until the next track,
æThis Oubliette,Æ that the bandÆs melodic bent comes through and shaves
off the brooding feel previously espoused.
æPompeiiÆ slows things with a starry guitar haze and unexpected
harmonies that give way to an arena-ready close. æWhatÆs The Question?Æ
maintains a mid-tempo pleasant feel that resurrects the album midway
from the dark, relentless guitar drone and industrial percussion of
æBig Six Wheel.Æ The contrast between the two tracks reveals a band
with multiple facets.
Not everything grabs on Uneasy Lies The Crown, but it all works well
enough û a solid debut for a band that deserved the early accolades.