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Given Balance And Composure’s track record, their new albumLight We Madearrives with high expectations. I
t’s certainly dreamier than their previous efforts and pained screams are swapped for echoed crooning and strange, tortured undercurrents.
Lead single ‘Postcard’ is an appropriate warning sign for the rest of the album: it’s weak and underwritten, and likewise the only emotion ‘The Things We Think We’re Missing’ leaves in its wake is absolute numbness.
That said, there are some high points: even if the lyrics to ‘For A Walk’ are mostly unintelligible, the instrumentals speak for themselves.
Fake-outs are rife, beginning with the ambient noise in ‘Fame’ that is swapped out for some bass punching. Ultimately, references to drinking and the weight of fame seem to be the underlying elements of the record, although at times the subject matter does feel loose, and undefined.
Given the occasional high points, if Light We Made represents Balance and Composure’s experimental phase, then you might as well throw a tab on the tongue and see how deep this rabbit hole goes.
Balance and Composure’sLight We Madeis available now on UNFD.
