- Record Label: Ghostly International
- Release Date: Apr 10, 2012
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Apr 16, 2012Riveting and unpredictable across multiple plays, Choir of Young Believers has expanded upon the blueprint outlined on their well-crafted first album and channeled it into a sophomore release that's really outstanding.
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Apr 11, 2012Rhine Gold does feel a bit frontloaded, with the most compelling tracks happening in the first half, losing a little momentum towards the end, but this is still a superb release.
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Mar 16, 2012Expansive, orchestral and delicate, its beauty [the band's music] is totally deserving of another round of critical acclaim.
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Q MagazineMar 15, 2012Jannis Noya Makrigiannis clearly has his own agenda allowing his haunting songs to develop at leisure. [Apr 2012, p.106]
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MojoMar 15, 2012COYB trade in wintery, foreboding hymnals that conjure Sigur Ros, Radiohead and an existentially challenged Aled Jones staring out across the abyss. [Apr 2012, p.94]
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UncutMar 15, 2012The second full-length album is richly textured and exceedingly complex in its arrangements. [Apr 2012, p.75]
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Mar 15, 2012This second album continues in the same vein as the 2009 debut: fragile, precisely enunciated vocals pick their way through frosty terrain created by synth, guitar and strings, for a result that gets discomfitingly under the skin.
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Mar 21, 2012Both bold and refreshing, Rhine Gold's dreamy approach to its dark arrangements delivers a unique take on orchestral pop.
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May 22, 2012Choir of Young Believers have created a singular sonic world all their own.
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Mar 21, 2012For all its robust, pristinely recorded eclecticism, Rhine Gold holds together beautifully, thanks to Makrigiannis's angelic tenor, which soothes and stirs in equal measure.
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Apr 9, 2012Brilliantly sequenced and realised though it is, the album only just manages to keep the attention for its 54 minutes, meaning first-time listeners could be put off by the sparse arrangements and slow pace.
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Apr 13, 2012Expanding on the theatrical tendencies of its reverb-drenched debut This Is For the White in Your Eyes, the darks are darker, but there are also lighter lights.
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Mar 30, 2012This is an album rich in ideas, heavy on emotion.
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Mar 23, 2012Rhine Gold is an album that demands scrutiny, and it's definitely worth taking the time to engage in.
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Mar 21, 2012With this record, he and his choir may very well have found that desired breath of fresh air without abandoning the immensely solid groundwork of album #1
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MagnetApr 6, 2012Rhine Gold doesn't sound like it's trying to create another emo anthem, which gives its tracks a genuine, unaffected quality. [#86, p.53]