Label: We Are Unified
Produced by David Bottrill
Playing Time 47:54
Rating 88%
Review by Tori Hyland
The reformation of Melbourne’s alternative rock band, The Getaway Plan, stirred chaos and excitement throughout the Australian music industry and fans. Breaking up after a highly successful debut album, Other Voices, Other Rooms, in 2007 took everyone by surprise but the then teenagers weren’t ready for the fame to come. Now nearly four years later, their comeback album, Requiem, has finally dropped with a lot of ears eager to listen.
The Reckoning, the beginning song on Requiem and their debut single which had been released months prior to the album, had really set people’s mind set. They’re back, they’re ready and they’re going to do it right this time. The song still maintains an old Getaway Plan sound, but mixing in this brand new exciting sound.
Moving through to Phantoms and Flying Colours, both very upbeat. The beginning of Requiem has a fast rock sound which gradually descends into a softer sound as the album progresses, on from the fourth song, Move Along.
Requiem uses a wide variety of different instruments and effects, including bells, choirs and strings. With the variety of instruments and songs, it gave each member of the band a time to show off their genuine talent.
Reaching the fifth song, about half way through the album, you come across to the song, February, my personal favourite. I’m not too sure why it’s my favourite; maybe it’s the catchy riffs, the ambrosial lyrics or the atmosphere the song gives off.
The homerun of Requiem turns into a mellower sound, with a lot of acoustic sounds used rather than heavy electric. S.T.A.R.S, Heartstone, Oceans Between Us and Child Of Light, all could be described as dramatic power ballads especially with the eccentric harmonies and choirs. I encountered the fact that those four songs started sounding similar, and would have preferred more upbeat harder songs rather than focussing on so many ballads.
It’s definitely noticeable throughout the album how much the band have grown, matured and improved on their instruments and in general. Listening to previous Getaway Plan music like their 2006 EP, Hold Conversation to Requiem, you can’t tell that they’re the same band.
Concluding the album is the song titled Requiem, what starts off as the most acoustic based song on the album, but concludes in an erupting scream, which most of us doubted Wright could still do.
Requiem is a great album, and definitely one of my favourite albums from 2011. It was focused upon a lot of softer songs that were well thought out; I would have liked to have seen more experimentation in harder music though. Overall, it’s a good pick up from where they left off.
1. The Reckoning
2. Phantoms
3. Flying Colours
4. Move Along
5. February
6. Coming Home
7. S.T.A.R.S
8. Heartstone
9. Oceans Between Us
10. Child Of Light
11. Requiem
No comments:
Post a Comment