Everyone You Hold
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Everyone You Hold (1997) is similar to Fireships in mood, but with the soundscapes more complex. This album proved difficult for me to appreciate at first - its subtle merits hidden under the quiet and even downbeat atmosphere - but with time the songs revealed their textures as memorable and with an emotional core.
Instrumentally, the album is predominantly coloured by keyboard and electric guitar soundwashes, with multi-tracked voices adding to a sometimes ethereal atmosphere. |
There is a sense of deja vu with the track Nothing Comes, being melodically and instrumentally reminiscent of Something About Ysabel’s Dance on the Out Of Water album.
Highlights on Everyone You Hold may not be immediately apparent. The opening title track is stunning, but the organ and guitar interlude in Bubble made me long for his more directly passionate songs on earlier albums.