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Album Reviews
Album Review: Beep Beep – Enchanted Islands (Saddle Creek)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 4 September 2009
Beep Beep’s previous effort ‘Business Casual’ caused a small ripple of excitement from critics and fans alike who recognised the wonder of the diverse content found within. ‘Enchanted Islands’ follows on from this in the correct manner, ostensibly seeking to extend the remit of ‘Business Casual’. Ditching The Faint-esque guitars and backing for a complex array of intriguing and complex styles and voices, ‘Enchanted Islands’ feels like a real leap forward. Each track is characteristically separate from its predecessor, marking it out in it’s own right. Just take the wonderful juxtaposition of ‘Return To Me’, a country-style falsetto ballad, with the spazzy angular rock of ‘The Whispering Waves’. The beauty in its compilation derives from this careful juxtaposition, which both draws the listener in and throws him out. It leaves one confused but willing to delve deeper. ‘Wooden Nickels’ deserves a mention as a stand-out track on this superbly adventurous album. A piano-led ballad at its core it is taken into the realm of the fantastic by the dual-vocal attack, falsetto and atonal respectively. ‘Wooden Nickels’ is a perfect representation of the album as a whole, at times difficult to comprehend but ultimately incredibly inventive and thoroughly immersive. SJS
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