Parachute Band - Technicolor
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Technicolor
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Released:
30 Sep 2008 (US), 01 Oct 2008 (UK)
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Parachute Band - a name I'd heard for years, yet never really given a good listening too. Until I got this album. Their latest album Technicolor has a very funky sound, yet there is something different about it.The album starts with two anthemic tracks "Come To The River" and "Shout It Out". If I were to put these tracks into a box - something I don't like to do - I'd put them in the same box as The Klaxons, The Killers and maybe even The Libertines. But lyrically these two opening songs have an uplifting praise feel to them....
Read More Parachute Band - a name I'd heard for years, yet never really given a good listening too. Until I got this album. Their latest album Technicolor has a very funky sound, yet there is something different about it.The album starts with two anthemic tracks "Come To The River" and "Shout It Out". If I were to put these tracks into a box - something I don't like to do - I'd put them in the same box as The Klaxons, The Killers and maybe even The Libertines. But lyrically these two opening songs have an uplifting praise feel to them. "Your Word" the next track on the album its dance beats and funky, fast-paced rifts again sounds more and more like The Klaxons. There's something nice about a band trying to keep up with the sounds of now. After these tracks the albums takes a soft and thoughtful turn. Which is fine, but not for the next 5 tracks. Maybe the album would benefit from mixing up the track-listing slightly. But so far this is a beautiful album with great tracks to lift and provoke your thoughts. Well, until the last three tracks that is.
"Glorious God" strikes me as being an album filler that wouldn't even make it onto a single's B-side (if you're old enough to remember B-sides). "No Eye Has Seen" just doesn't seem to fit on the album and sounds like it was recorded by another band, and the lack of a catchy chorus really lets it down. And the backing vocals in the final track "Everlasting" aren't needed.This album is a top album, and a bold new direction for the band, who in the past have made some nice, safe, middle-of-the-road albums that your mum would like. This album however, your Mum probably won't like. With a great new direction and up-to-date sounds, this album had the potential for being rated 4 out of 5 stars, but unfortunately, those last three tracks brought it down.
Review by Jono Davies
Jono's rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Stand out Tracks
Shout it Out
Grace
Your Word
