What a brilliant album by a very underrated band. Full of upbeat majestic music that is all too rare nowadays. Complex enough to keep you interested but at the same time simple enough to be catchy. Great musicianship and nice production all contribute to a top drawer piece of work.
The Pineapple Thief sono una band indie rock che ha sfornato uno dietro l'altro degli ottimi album ed EP, e "Someone Here Is Missing" è quello che io considero manifesto della loro musica ed è quello che mi ha avvicinato ai loro pezzi e che tuttora consiglio un po' a tutti, visto che i loro dischi sono apprezzabili da chiunque. Ascolti non troppo impegnativi ma ben caratterizzati, che prendono facilmente!
Amazon kept recommending this band to me, so I read some reviews (from hard core fans) and gambled on this album. With no previous experiences with the band, I was disappointed my first listen. Yet after cycling through in my car a few more times, I started to experieince earwigs like crazy - parts of half a dozen songs were constantly in my brain. Quickly, this became my favorite album of the year (yes, clearly better than last year's The Incident by PT1). And like another reviewer, I listened to nothing else in my car for three weeks. The disc has three characteristics that enthralled me: the album is FULL of irresistible hooks (many of the songs start very differently than the song body, which can be a little jarring); most songs sport a guitar and bass-driven beat that grabbed me like Zep in the '70's (think Immigrant Song, without Plant's screams, of course); and Bruce Soord's vocals are amazing, whether harmonizing with himself or 'singing solo'. Yes, Thom Yorkeish, but not nearly as much so as the previous two discs. My only technical criticism is that on a few occasions (Show a Little Love and the title track)there is only one verse before launching into the bridge, chorus, or next suite-like passage, which can seem a little unbalanced. I subsequently bought Tightly Unwound and Variations on a Dream, and they do not come close to measuring up to Someone Here is Missing. Guess I'll have to go further back in the catalog, but the bar is set pretty high with this release. I can't really categorize this band, but nor can I categorize Porcupine Tree. I will say that this is an album with an identity and sound all its own, and really defies comparisons. This is simply a great album. If you like the genre and the bands kicked around in these reviews, you are likely to like this album - a lot.