Birds Of Toyko - 'Birds Of Toyko'
October 26th 2010 10:12
The third, self titled album from the Perth boys Birds Of Tokyo, see the group really come into their own in the quality of songwriting and performance. Having experimented with 'Broken Strings' tour, the band latest reflects the musical direction with a heavy use of keyboards and string arrangements behind the deep blues inspired rock riffs and Ian Kenny's amazing lyrical work. Each track comes through with anthemic qualities with impassioned choruses full of emotion and power. Tracks like 'Circles', 'Wild At Heart' and 'The Gap' are the high points of the album situated in the middle of the disc as each track builds with intensity and then settles back down gradually until the final moments of album closer 'If This Ship Sinks (I Give In)'.
Having never really appreciated any of BoT work, I was reluctant to get this album and give it a play. But after a few listens the songs start to get stuck in your head. in a quality that I have always maintain makes for a great album, each week you find a new song to fall in love with until you can safely say there isn't a bad track on the album. Even now, this record still gets a daily spin and because I've become deeply engrossed into the record it has taken over a month to actually step away from it enough to write this review. Potentially one of the best albums of the year and one album I have recommended to everyone I talk to. Think Muse qualities mixed with a touch of 'Diorama' era Silverchair and subtle undertones of Kings Of Leon and you start to understand the sound of this record. And now with a staggering 6 ARIA nominations, there is a very good reason to pick this album up.....it's brilliant.
Having never really appreciated any of BoT work, I was reluctant to get this album and give it a play. But after a few listens the songs start to get stuck in your head. in a quality that I have always maintain makes for a great album, each week you find a new song to fall in love with until you can safely say there isn't a bad track on the album. Even now, this record still gets a daily spin and because I've become deeply engrossed into the record it has taken over a month to actually step away from it enough to write this review. Potentially one of the best albums of the year and one album I have recommended to everyone I talk to. Think Muse qualities mixed with a touch of 'Diorama' era Silverchair and subtle undertones of Kings Of Leon and you start to understand the sound of this record. And now with a staggering 6 ARIA nominations, there is a very good reason to pick this album up.....it's brilliant.
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