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- Summary: The Brighton trio's gloom-and-doom melodies are a mix of post-rock and experimental gothic blues, menacing interludes, and dark, hypnotic vocals.
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- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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| In a wilderness of foggy thoughts Battling with your minds retorts And walking on empty plains Where deserts soak up Even drowning rains Soldier... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 11 out of 26
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Mixed: 13 out of 26
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Negative: 2 out of 26
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Feb 7, 2011Whichever road they happen to tread next, it'll be worthwhile following in their footsteps.
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Feb 7, 2011Revel in the gloom.
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Feb 14, 2011Theirs is a music of doomed melancholy –- plaintive, dark, and uneasy.
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Feb 7, 2011Named after a grim Danish fairy tale, Esben and the Witch pursues a narrow course on their first album, Violet Cries, a morose, pitch-black update of the '80s dark-wave template.
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Mar 8, 2011It's an intriguing, powerful sound, and due to the subsequent nightmares caused, I now look forward to sending Esben both my psychiatrist's and dry cleaner's bills.
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Feb 8, 2011Violet Cries, one of the more anticipated debut albums of the year, isn't a let down, but it's a difficult album to get a grasp on.
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Feb 7, 2011If Esben and the Witch don't quell their sonic histrionics, they may not get a second curtain call.
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 1 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Feb 26, 2011
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