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Have you ever found yourself walking along a busy night-time street, looking at the way that car lights shine on the oily greasy street and watching people dressed elegantly in black attending parties, and suddenly thought:
"this life doesn't quite belong to me, but I like it anyway"?
That is kind of the feeling I get when I listen to "the melancholy death of the chemistry experiment" the debut album from the Nottingham based band "the chemistry experiment".
The album is full of sophisticated swirling melodies and dramatic orchestral interludes. It sucks you into an iridescent world where carefully placed notes bounce of every wall like multi coloured jewels. Combining flutes, strings, and whirling organ the album glides effortlessly through songs like "you're the prettiest thing" & "we were never wrong" which seem to have a touch of disco about them, through to darker more pensive songs like "thoughts on gravity" with style.
Front man Steven Kirk's voice tells deep throaty tails of lost love and unspoken desire with a sincerity that would make even the most cold hearted heart ache for what could have been.
It is the kind of album about a life that doesn't quite belong to me, but I like it anyway. More than that really. I mean I could listen to the album sparkle, sway and try to think of a thousand adjectives to describe 20 second passages of the music, but I know I'd never do it justice. It is quite simply beautiful.
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