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Jun 15, 2012The combination of crypto-goth moodiness--nods to Bauhaus but especially to Will Sergeant's work with Echo & the Bunnymen are omnipresent--and an older kind of drama, reaching back to Phil Spector's productions and Roy Orbison's mini-operas, recombines throughout on a remarkable series of songs.
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Jun 28, 2012It's a document of what he needed to get out in that moment.
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Jul 3, 2012Miles offers some reasons to persevere--if only to enjoy the comfort of clever, heartfelt pop music.
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Jun 15, 2012Miles runs through the fields of melancholic '80s pop with ease.
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Jun 15, 2012By blurring the lines of his influences, Wymond Miles has been able to create an album that is very much a reflection of his own vision and personality.
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Jun 27, 2012Under the Pale Moon carries an enormous amount of emotional and existential weight, yet it doesn't sound like the process of acting on impulses. If anything, it exhibits the fine essence of song craft, containing each song's individual mood against different echoes of similar themes in songs both before and after.
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Jun 15, 2012Under The Pale Moon pays homage to the pasty romantics of '80s pop, the dramatic crooners of years further past, the intriguingly depraved icons of post-punk, and several others without sounding like a pastiche or a mere exercise in genre tourism.
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Sep 10, 2012Unlike its meandering, esoteric predecessor, the gorgeous Under the Pale Moon is an affair more focused in thought and sincere in song.
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Jun 15, 2012While less in your face than his work with the Fresh And Onlys, the album stands its ground and ends on a powerful note.