Personally, for the most part, I love their slow and lush Strong and emotional, while others are kind of flat on this album. They usually don't harmonize together like you would expectįrom another mostly electronic Pink Floyd inspired band called "Pure Reason Revolution", but many of their songs are very This time around there are two male and two female vocalists. Throwing some shoegaze and rave into the mix. They continue to combine progressive "Pink Floydean" textures, It is the variation in the vocalists, you get quite a differentiation in the vocals, but a consistency in the bands signatureĮlectronic sound with the usual added organic sounds. Was a decent follow up to the previous concept albums, but this one doesn't follow any specific concept. Were excited when the band finally announced this album in 2012, and they have been averaging an album a year since. Posted Wednesday, J| Review this album | Report (Review #2220411)Īrchive took a few years off after releasing their concept "Controlling Crowds" albums.
The turn to progressive music would come with the nextĪlbum, but this still achieves a 3 star status nevertheless. Was probably more progressive, even though it is complete trip hop. Overall, it is an okay album that merits playing once in a while, but it is not progressive in any sense.
Worse" that has some amazing layered harmonies and symphonic textures later in the song. There is the beautiful and heart-felt ballad "The Pain Gets Sudden left turn in the middle moving to a slower and darker sound. There is a nice upbeat and danceable sound in "You Make Me Feel", an almost rave sounding "Well Known Sinner" that takes a There is nothing prog about this album, but it does hint at some of the sounds that the band would explore in years to come. There were a few tracks that were a bit corny (like "Woman" and the repetitive, robotic "Take My Head"),īut most of them were a nice and fresh sounding pop, for the most part. Suzanne's vocals were top-notch and fit the music perfectly, adding to the Nice tracks on it, especially the beautiful ballads. But all along, they kept aspects of trip-hop in their sound. Released in 1999, it would prove to be another one-off before the band reformed again and More pop sound, both upbeat songs and ballads, but with a nice textured sound. This 2nd album was called "Take My Head" and featured a Musicians, Suzanne Wooder as vocalist and Matt Martin on drums. They broke up soon after, but reformed with two new It was a decent album considering it was trip-hop, but it was centeredĪround a heavy electronic sound, quite mellow and atmospheric. Griffiths started out the band and got a rapper, Roski John, and a female vocalist Roya Arab and put together their first album, aĬomplete trip-hop album called "Londinium" in 1996. If RADIOHEAD or PORCUPINE TREE meet your prog criteria, then there's a fair chance you will appreciate it.Īrchive, a Crossover Prog band has been around for a while now, but they had quite a rocky start. If you're a true-blue PINK FLOYD affionado, ARCHIVE's latest release won't live up to your standards. One thing they do agree on is the excellent musicianship displayed throughout. However, the fan base is much divided as to its progressive merits: some rave about it while others would much rather have the boys stick to their trip-hop shenanigans. It incorporates mainly floydian elements with some RADIOHEAD and COLDPLAY, and features some well orchestrated epics that merit its inclusion on this site. In 2002, with yet another set of helpers, they finally decided to go prog and gave us "You All Look the Same to Me".įrom the very first notes of "You All Look the Same to Me", you can tell the boys all hold their PINK FLOYD collections in high esteem. After a brief split-up once again, Keeler and Griffiths hired yet another couple of musicians and in 1999, released "Take My Head" - strictly a pop album. A year later, they reformed with new personnel to record their first official album entitled "Londinium" - purely trip-hop. They released a few singles on their own Swam label and broke up in 1996 following some dispute.
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ARCHIVE started off as a trip-hop outfit back in 1994 when Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths got together with female singer Roya Arab and a young rapper named Roski John.
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