On to the Netherlands and The Arthurs. The band's second album is a splendid affair. It's unashamedly a Rock album, but this isn't an in your face blow out. Everything is beautifully understated, arrangements are spot on.
There's masses to get you interested, but never enough to get you shaking your fist. There are some wonderful Guitar Solos, but they always fit the song and are never too long. Glass is a Guitar album and proud of it. However it is also beautifully laidback.
The stand out song is the jaw dropping title track. It is West Coast Rock of the highest order, but the variety elsewhere shows that this lot are no one trick ponies. There is a real gentle Psych feel to Void and Ghost Of Time is based around a killer haunting riff.
The noisiest the band get is on Window, riffs come from everywhere and the pace is really picked up. Yet Something With Oceans is somewhere between Goth and Jangle, but controlled beautifully by Robin den Drijver's fine mellow vocals. The Guitar arrangements on this are ace.
Hiraeth opens with a Desert Rock like riff but then wades into a mix of Psych Pop and Space Rock. Alice At The Wedding is a great closer. A little slower than what precedes it, slightly U2 in their better days and an absolute gem of a riff.
The tendency with this type of album is for the songs to be a minute too long, none of that here. It is very say what you want to say and move on. I don't listen to many Rock albums these days, Glass has convinced me that I should. Highly Recommended!
You can listen to and buy the album here. You can find out more about The Arthurs here.
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