the finally unveiled second full-length was played in it's entirety down in Camberwell last night... And, as expected, it met expectations...
It's always a nice feeling when you've been following a band's progress, and they provide you with the substance to back all of your bullshit-talk you've been sprouting for 4 years. The case has been especially compelling of 52. Having been lucky enough to have heard them quite early on, they have gone on an impressive journey, creating some of the most exciting post-rock that it seemed, no-one would ever hear. But, all fears that the band would go on without the recognition they have earned seemed to evaporate, in the most fitting of venues, last night, as the place was substantially filled.
The album is an obvious choice for fans of post-rock music but what is different about it, compared with the masses of dreary, repetitive and uninspired that I have been unlucky enough to have heard, is it has 'soul'... by which i obviously mean the songs sound like the efforts of hours of painstaking attention to detail...rather than drawnout chord progression with some delay slapped on it. It is the best representation of their work to date, and a massive credit should go to the production, which until this point had not fully captured their sound, but has gradually improved over time.
the album...
52 COMMERCIAL ROAD
a wreck provides an excellent foundation
This single track below is a link to their past...a revamped recording of one of my favourites.
Best heard on headphones, at maximum volume...
Olney's Lesions
buy this shit...
getsome...
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