Author: Clearlake

Release Date: 31-12-1899

Details: Amazon.ca It's easy to sympathize with all the British guitar bands that came out around the same time as Coldplay only to be accused of sounding too much like Coldplay. That's what happens when you sell 999,999,917 albums less than the biggest rock act in the world. But it's always tricky trying to break away from what you do best. Pale, skinny boys from Brighton are supposed to play widescreen piano ballads that make 14-year-old girls cry, as Clearlake did on 2003's excellent Cedars. On first listen, Amber feels like a jolt. Fuzzy guitars, thundering drums and Jason Pegg's heart-pounding voice open "No Kind of Life"--and, well, it sounds a little desperate. But then the smoke fades and you realize that Clearlake has actually pulled it off. The brilliantly tuneful "Getting Light Outside," the tender "Dreamt That You Died," a bunch of songs that sound uncharacteristically noisy and bitter--for better or worse, the band has successfully changed course and left those Chris Martin comparisons in the dust. --Aidin Vaziri

UPC: 801390007729

EAN: 0801390007729

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood