The Relict- Tomorrow is Again

What a brilliant album to get a hold of on a Sunday which is appropriately cloudy. I was lucky enough to listen to  the The Relict's 2006 debut album Tomorrow is again with just the right weather, a cup of coffee and with nothing to do. Don't worry, it's not necessary to have all those conditions present but it sure does help. 

The band is from the United Kingdom and in all fairness it's more of a project than a proper band with former Cleintelle member Innes Phillips, Pam Berry of the Pines and Lupe Nunas of the Pipas coming together for a one kickass album. Though they're from different bands with different roots, The Relict manages to get the best out of all of them with a final product that makes you want to listen to the whole album all over again and gives you a reason to stay in your bed and read your book and makes you think that the outside world can't possibly provide much better. It can't.

Listen to the whole album. Seriously, you'll enjoy it. But since I don't have the time or the patience to review each song I'm going to tell you about three. Southern Way has got to be one of my favourites on the album. It's pure and simple haunting. It makes you feel like you're in some kinds of Gabriel Garcia Marques story with a rather simple story line but with lyrics that paint a very clear picture and suddenly you feel like you're  right there. It's got a brilliant combination of melancholy and hope which the acoustic guitar and the croony vocals maintain throughout.

Then listen to I saw your eyes. This is a song to hold on to. Right from the go with its very simple strum and base line you get the feeling that this song is going to leave you feeling good at the end of it and it doesn't disappoint. Backed with amazing amazing vocals which are a characteristic feature of the album, the song doesn't try to do too much but you soon realize that it does enough. Imagine Bon Iver meets Belle and Sebastian. How can something like that go wrong? In case you haven't heard of either Bon Iver or Belle and Sebastian, you should. 

Time Spent with you  is another track that deserves a listen which tackles complex and riveting emotions with simple pastoral chords. By the time you reach this track on the album though you realize that you've warmed up to the band and how they go about their tracks with an ease that seems to come to easily and nobody's complaining.   

Cheers,

Coomar.

Songs- Southern Way, Time Spent with you, I saw your eyes

Album- Tomorrow is again.

Where to listen- Grooveshark