Music Review: Dragons, Here Are The Roses

I first heard of this band from a mention in the gig guide of the evening paper. Their 2 line description of the band made them sound pretty cool, so I thought I'd check them out. It took a while to track them down on the web, but I'm glad I did.

Best described as Indie Rock with sprinklings of Electronics, the album starts with the title track and first single, Here Are The Roses (video below). This track, like some of the others on the album, features some very Peter Hook-like bass guitar, plus some nice synth work sitting behind the guitars. Give the video a whirl and see what you think.

The second single, Condition, is a more up tempo number with more focus on the guitars. Along with the rest of the album, the lyrics and vocals are very strong throughout.

Another mention must go to the drumming - throughout the album the drumming is top class, which adds to the energy already present.

There are plenty of strong tracks on the album besides the singles: Trust (could easily be a single), Where Is The Love? (more down tempo, even goth like) , Rememberence and Forever.

A lot of albums seem to suffer from putting too many tracks on, running to 12 or more tracks. They often suffer from this, as they become over long with the inevitable fillers. Thankfully, at 10 tracks the album doesn't suffer in this way.

The single Here Are The Roses featured two tracks not on the album, Redemption and Love Like This - both of which are strong enough to be album tracks in my opinion. So it is well worth checking out the single.

This is by far my favourite album of the year - the only danger is I'm likely to play it to death.

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