Tall Ships - Impressions (2017) [FLAC] torrent

Tall Ships - Impressions (2017) [FLAC]

Genre: Rock
Styles: Indie, Alternative
Source: WEB
Codec: FLAC
Bit rate: ~ 900 kbps
Bit depth: 16
Sample rate: 44.1 kHz

01 Road Not Taken
02 Will to Life
03 Petrichor
04 Home
05 Lucille
06 Meditations on Loss
07 Sea of Blood
08 Lost & Found
09 Day by Day

After several years of struggling with personal health, label/management issues, and a loss of faith in the music industry, Tall Ships return with their triumphant second album; triumphant in the same sense as someone who has just run a marathon - full of pride and achievement, but a little exhausted all the same. That's not to say that Tall Ships sound tired on Impressions; if anything, they have mastered quiet-loud dynamics and know how to pace every crescendo against every moment of reprieve. It's more akin to Mystery Jets' 2016 album Curve of the Earth, in that it finds lead vocalist Ric Phethean reflecting on themes of regret and hope in equal measure, leading to genuine emotional weight; in other words, they have matured. The downside is that the loss of naivete detracts from the spritely side of Tall Ships. In audible terms, this manifests with the loss of the angular, borderline math rock elements that set Tall Ships apart from their contemporaries. Opener "Road Not Taken" wastes no time in tackling introspection and regret - the title itself alludes to the many paths that could have been explored had different decisions been made - with the quiet verses equating to moments of doubt and the choruses defiantly taking ownership of the present, alluding to the quandary the band faced after the release of their debut