A follow up album to ‘Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam’ was an inevitably hard feat, but here it is, ‘Some Say I So I Say Light.’ The album title gives away about as little as the lyrics for the most part. It kicks off with ‘Cold Win’, a dark, eerie tune that looks into the depressing life of a fast food employee. ‘Dial Tones’ continues the glitchy underground sound we know so well from his debut album, but offers some lighter overtones with the celestial sound of Lucy Rose’s voice.
Track four, ‘Plastic Bag Brain’, is perhaps the most widely known track from the album, probably because it is the only song that you want to listen to with the curtains raised and the windows open. A more upbeat poppy tune, the Maccabees could almost be playing the rhythmic guitar loop.
‘MSI musmiD’ draws strong parallels with ‘Cash and carry me home,’ in that it has a similar feeling of a messy night out with some desperate consequences. Last track on the album ‘Comatose’ begins as a muffled, distorted and underwater sound. It is the story of the day after the night before (or something much darker to do with alcoholism). The track features hectic Nintendo style beeps and blips combined with classical strings, providing a typical unfathomable Ghostpoet finish to the album.
Another fine offering then with enough poetic nonsense (to us anyway) combined with just the right sounding techy minimalist drones. Drawing parallels with the likes of Kid A and Run Come Save Me. It's got enough to make any art student with a love of overpriced cider put this on at every soiree they attend this summer, and that includes me. And so we should, it is a great album.
For a full review and more of the same have a look at Rich's blog.
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