The Island of Disco Ensemble - Disco Ensemble
This is the fourth album from Disco Ensemble, one of Finland's biggest rock acts. 'The Island of Disco Ensemble' is a fantastic collection of 10 songs that show just where those previous three albums have brought them. Each song is a fantastic display of emotion, skill, experience and a knowledge that has come to the band after a lengthy time of touring and recording.
From the first echoes of 'Bay of Biscay' you can tell that the band have worked hard on this. You can picture crowds singing along with the chorus of each song due to the catchy anthemic lyrics or the wall of sound from the instruments. Lead Singer Mikka tops of the sound with his growly voice one minute and gentle whispers in the next. Third song on the album, 'White Flags for Peace', which is the first single from this album, is a brilliant taster for the album packed into its 2 minutes and 3 seconds. Its punk-rock drums are bound to get people up. 'Get Some Sleep' is a nice change of tempo to start of with and then brings the big sounds back in towards to end so as to not make you feel as though you're missing anything. The rest of the album is a glittering display of Disco's talents with song writing.
As there is nothing perfect with everything; I think that the songs on the and of this album are possibly not as strong as say, the first 6. Not saying that I don't like them, just maybe that their arrangement on 'The Island of Disco Ensemble' could have been moved about. That is the only slightly negative thing I can find with this otherwise awesome offering. I can't see why Disco Ensemble could not make it in the British and American alternative music charts and I look forward to hearing more from them in the future.
Favourite Track - White Flag for Peace
Not-So-Favourite Track - So Cold
Rating - 5/5
Review by Danny J
Review by Danny J
1 comments:
so cold is one of my favourites! :O
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