01/22/12: Diagrams - Black Light (2012)
- Ghost Lit
- Tall Buildings
- Night All Night
- Appetite
- Mills
- Antelope
- Black Light
- Animals
- Peninsula 9b. Secret Track
This is the first full-length by
Diagrams. If you would like a little more information on
Diagrams see my previous review of their debut
E.P. Their sound is more sharply produced and layered on Black Light. There are a couple songs that are also on the EP but the new and shorter version of Night All Night became one of my favorite tracks on the full length after not really caring for it on the EP. The songs drum beats and general rhythm have the feel of a
Tunng song but the guitars are generally less folky and more distorted. There were a couple tracks that had a more poppy electronic dance feel that were kinda meh... but the majority of the album was really enjoyable. The final track was a highlight Peninsula is one of the best songs and has huge build up that is capped off by swells of strings until it dies back down and fades out. That is followed by roughly 16 minutes of silence and a secret track that would have fit as a quality conclusion to the main album. It starts very soft and almost ghostly and builds to one of the most rocking moments on the album that ended 20 minutes prior.... Good band, but less enthusiastic than after the slightly more stripped down EP. I still highly recommend this to all fans of
Tunng. (022)
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