cantosis wrote:Overall a very good album although one track really gets on my nerves.
Out of curiosity, which track is that? I'm not overly keen on Track 3.
Aside from that, this album is a real grower. On first listen I wasn't sure. It is certainly more subdued than I was expecting, but it has hidden depths. Tracks 1, 2, and 5 certainly do it for me - especially No. 5, which is just sublime.
It's an interesting album and, in a way, who knew what to expect? The previous Loom releases have been made up, for the most part, of reworked TD tracks or solo stuff by Schmoelling and Jerome Froese. So an all new Loom studio album takes us into uncharted creative territory - three musicians playing off each other and maybe, with this album, finding their identity as a band. It's a mellow album generally, without being backround music. It's different perhaps to what some of us might have imagined, and yet one recognises lots of classic 80s TD sounds, plus some obvious nods to Jerome's solo material. The rather folksy sounds and voice samples in the latter half of the album are a nice surprise and I think work well.
Oh, and track 2, Cloudwalk, is beautiful and poignant. Someone who obviously likes that piece very much has put it up on youtube!