Because of this, Restriction may not be a strong enough album to see Archive break into the UK mainstream just yet. In Restriction, Archive have created an album that does a fine job of representing their eclectic ethos, but this eclecticism also leads the album to occasionally touch on the edge of incoherence. Working as a kind of call and response to one another, the tracks bring back the dark, sinister feel found at the beginning of the album, enhanced by soaring, Slowdive style guitars and impossibly dirty beats, the latter sounding like Nine Inch Nails, only with a little less bite.
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The latter nearly entirely consists of Martin accompanied by a piano refrain that skirts dangerously close to the disposable pop music cultivated on a certain TV programme beginning with the letter ‘X’.īut any Simon Cowell-based fears are well and truly allayed by the time “Ruination” and “Crushed” come around. “Third Quarter Storm” and “Half Built Houses” see the band abandoning the big beats and racing rhythms in favour of moody piano and hushed atmospheric swirls. The slow build and impeccably timed cut-outs throughout the track coalesce to form a truly infectious piece of pop noir.Īs Restriction propels itself towards the halfway point, Archive suddenly apply the breaks in a big way. This is seamlessly contrasted by the smooth vocals of new recruit Holly Martin, who lends a hushed chanteuse aesthetic to the track before raising her vocals up a clear octave for the chorus, switching to pure adrenaline fueled Euro-soul. The track launches with a brooding concoction of synths and crunchy beats that pulse with the type of immediacy and sinister energy found in the likes of Meat Beat Manifesto and early The Knife.
It shouldn’t, but it does.Īrchive really hit their stride with “Kid Corner”. It’s an intense, schizophrenic listen and definitely not the most conventional choice for an opening gambit, but the propulsive beat strings the disparate elements together and, ultimately, the whole thing works. But before long, the song spins 180 degrees and dives headlong into a surf rock riff that soon morphs into a piano infused interlude before racing back to the surf again. Opener “Feel It” kicks things off with a frenetic, juddering borderline break beat coupled with fragmented guitar stabs that carry with them the feeling of off-kilter experimental jazz. I suppose this is what can be achieved when you work as a collective.
Founding member and general linchpin of the whole operation Darius Keeler has worked fast in putting this album together as Restriction follows hotly behind the band’s previous album Axiom, an ambitious sonic/cinematic project that came to fruition just last year. This may frustrate some fans who would prefer to have the original tapes preserved, but it may be a minor thing to collectors, who will likely delight in having all these rare recordings - many of which are quite terrific - in one place.Having styled themselves as a collective, as opposed to a regular band, Archive are set to release their tenth studio album Restriction, and it sees the band on dependable form. Steve Hackett followed suit and "brushed up" some guitar lines. Peter Gabriel recut some of his vocals for The Lamb in 1998, claiming that he didn't give his best possible performance because his elaborate costumes were constricting. However, for some listeners, the set may be frustrating, and not because it contains rarities - it's because those rarities have been tampered with. It's a virtual cornucopia of rare material, much of which will be necessary to dedicated fans.
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The first two discs are devoted to a live performance of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Januthe third has a selection of live material from the London Rainbow Theatre on October 20, 1973, plus a handful of rare singles and a BBC session the fourth has alternate mixes, BBC sessions, and demos from 1967-1969. 1: 1967-1975 is the province of hardcore fans and collectors, not casual listeners, since there is nothing but unreleased material on the four-disc set. That means, of course, that Genesis Archives, Vol. When it came time to assemble their own box sets, Genesis chose to follow the path of rarities instead of merely rehashing their old hits. Prog rock audiences have always been receptive to box sets, especially sets that include an abundance of rare material - witness the success of the numerous King Crimson sets.
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