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10 Mar, 2007
A Second Superb Album
Second official album from Cousteau. Again it features songs of love and loss with the effortless vocals of Liam McKahey.
The opener, Nothing So Bad, has a slight country feel, and Talking to Myself is almost sprightly compared to other songs on here. On Peculiarly You the voice is very, very deep, yet on Please Don't Cry Liam uses falsetto to great effect, but No Medication returns to the depths.
Last Secret of the Sea is another of the gorgeous, almost instrumental, tracks that Cousteau produce with just a couple of short verses of vocal harmony from Liam and Davey.
As with their first album, the closing track is a beautiful, slow, dreamy song - Have You Seen Her and again sublime vocals.
The vocals are what first impress with this group, and then you notice how accomplished the musicians are, gently playing in background to enhance the vocal performance, drums just brushed lightly, the guitarist leaving space in his playing and violin and strings subtly noticed behind it all.
An excellent second album.
10 Mar, 2007
Elegant Crooning
The official debut album of the London 5 piece.
I only heard of Cousteau in 2004 when a colleague lent me this album, Your Day Will Come started playing and there was no going back for me, the vocals hooked me completely and the stunning musicianship.
This is an elegant album, the songs are beautifully played and sung. The guitarwork in Mesmer is mesmerising, as is the violin played subtly in the background. She Don't Hear Your Prayer is a beautiful song, You My Lunar Queen virtually an instrumental with just a few lines of outstanding harmony from Liam McKahey (singer) and Davey Ray Moor (songwriter).
Then comes the surprising Wish You Were Her which is a faster paced song which flows into the gorgeous, gentle Of This Goodbye with its flugelhorn intro and then an awesome vocal performance.
10 Mar, 2007
Cousteau
I bought the album because I already had all the previous Cousteau releases. It was interesting to hear how Cousteau sound with a different songwriter as the guy who wrote all the other songs left the group. Singer Liam McKahey took on the role of writer, with the rest of the group helping out on some of the tracks.
Black Heart of Mine is an outstanding track, the vocals are sublime, the guitarwork superb (Robin Brown), and the lyrics amazing.
Highly is a song well suited to a night club scene, and possibly the same for Echoes. There is a beautiful interweaving theme within the song Happening which needs to be carefully listened to.
Sadness is a surprisingly upbeat song, as is There She Goes which is a love song to the singer's wife. She's Not Coming Back is inspired by Paula Yates, Sometime is a gorgeous song written and sung by bass player Joe Peet, and finally PIA which appears to be inspired by Gregorian Chant - multi layered vocals by Liam and excellent keyboards from Dan Moore.
This is a slightly more rocky Cousteau, fans of the original sound should enjoy the subtle changes - there is a spacey sound to the album echoed in the album artwork (UK edition).
If you are looking to buy the Moreau version of this album (name change for legal reasons for US releases) there are two additional tracks, the title song Nova Scotia is another love song, and World Away - both these songs are of the slower Cousteau style.