Ether Song/Optimist [Import]

Product Description
Limited edition box-set combines the British modern folk-pop duo's 2001 & 2003 albums. Slipcase. EMI. 2004.

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Average customer rating: On with the Brakes

Ether Song/Optimist Turin Brakes Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002TKG44 Release Date: 2004-09-13

Tracks:

1. Blue Hour
2. Average Man
3. Long Distance
4. Self Help
5. Falling Down
6. Stone Thrown
7. Clear Blue Air
8. Painkiller
9. Full Of Stars
10. Panic Attack
11. Little Brother
12. Rain City
13. Ether Song
14. 5 Mile (These Are The Days)
15. The Boss

Tracks:

1. Feeling Oblivion
2. Underdog (Save Me)
3. Emergency 72
4. Future Boy
5. The Door
6. State Of Things
7. By TV Light
8. Slack
9. Starship
10. The Road
11. Mind Over Money
12. The Optimist

Album Description

Limited edition box-set combines the British modern folk-pop duo's 2001 & 2003 albums. Slipcase. EMI. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

On with the Brakes.......2005-02-24

Despite the rise of bands like Travis and Muse (not to mention Radiohead and Coldplay) some British rock bands don't get the attention that they deserve. One such band is the U.K. duo Turin Brakes, whose albums "Optimist LP" and "Ether Song" show off their unique space-folk-rock.

They debuted in 2001 with "The Optimist" LP, and immediately gained a reputation from its spacey, floaty brand of folk music. Ollie Knights provides gentle wobbly vocals, while Gale Paridjanian provides everything else, folky guitar solos and the odd dash of keyboard. It's a good album, although it needed some beefing up.

That beef-up came with their sophomore album, "Ether Song." Here Knights and Paridjanian experiment with their spacey folk sound, adding electric guitars and more keyboard to the mix. It doesn't stray far from the original sound of their music, but it does expand on it, making it richer and deeper than before.

Turin Brakes is sometimes unfairly criticized because of their "young, angsty and British" band status, especially with their songs about love and loneliness. That isn't really fair, since their sound is radically different from that of most other British bands. It's simpler, airier, and more stripped down than most bands compared to them.

It's especially startling when you consider that both members are only in their mid-twenties, yet have managed a polished style that is apparently still evolving. As they settled into their given style, Knights and Paridjanian began to dabble with new sounds and directions. "Ether Song" suffers from a bit of creative waffling, but it does explore new territory.

With singles from their third album coming out soon, it's worth checking out their first two albums. Turin Brakes' "Optimist" and "Ether Song" are a pretty, melancholy blend of space-pop and folk, and definitely worth checking out.

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