Having
transformed beyond all recognition from 1996’s In
A Bar, Under The Sea, this is an album of dense
complexity, documenting the painful break-up of a
marriage (though this is speculation). David Bottrill’s
flawless production weaves downbeat horns and strings
into the mesh of pulsing guitars and metronomic rhythms
to create an album unlike any other you’ll
ever hear.
From "Put The Freaks Up Front"’s opening line of “So, you’re
suffering. I know it hurts a lot when it’s the first time”, the tone
is immediately set. This is an album of heartbreak, from the weathered, windswept
experience of someone who knows it like a personal friend.
By turns sinister, sad and beautiful, this sees Deus finally learning to reign
in their experimental impulses and create an astonishing, airtight record.
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