A while ago I borrowed a friend’s copy of Eleventh He Reaches London’s ‘The Good Fight For Harmony’. I liked that release by this Perth band quite a bit. After hearing some songs from this new record on some comps that I came across I got excited about this record. So I finally got around to purchasing this record during a recent trip to Melbourne at a Dixons (there are a bunch of these second hand record/CD/DVD stores in and around Melbourne. They have a great selection and everything is fairly cheap. I picked this CD up for $8).
This is a pretty powerful and dark record. The songs are pretty lengthy at times (the longest being the last track, For The Commonwealth And The Queen, at 11:03), but the songs held my attention and have unexpected twists and turns. The lyrics are great as well. There’s a running theme of bitterness towards anything godlike, royal or fatherly. The artwork suits the music perfectly.
The only thing I found annoying about this record is that at times the transitions in sections of some songs are jumpy. A perfect example of this can be seen during For The Commonwealth And The Queen at 3:12.
All round this is a great record. Check this band out if you have the attention span.
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