Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Altaria - Divinity (2004)

Altaria's debut INVITATION appealled to me with its simplicity, and this follow-up does the same.
There is absolutely nothing remarkable about these Fins. Every song goes verse-chorus-verse-chorus (usually sung twice)-instrumental break-chorus (again, usually sung twice), at usually the same, steady tempo (the drummer really doesn't have a lot of improvisation to do here), with some tunes that are reasonable, without being breathtaking, highlights including "Discovery", "Stain On The Switchblade" and the concluding "Final Warning".
And this is all fine by me. There are times when it's nice to just sit and listen to a simple, predictable, straight-forward album. Of course, that could be incredibly dull, but when the melodies themselves pass the mark, like this does, it scratches such an itch.

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