And Also the Trees

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2003 album of the legendary dark music quartet marks a departure from the 50's Noir influences of their more recent albums & reverts instead to a simple & pure distillation of a more traditional And Also the Trees sound closer in spirit to their classic Virus Meadow album. For nearly twenty years And Also The Trees celebrate innovative successes and are an important influence in the dark music scene. Meanwhile legends of the genre, they spent the past five years most time in the studio to return finally with the brand-new album from their imposed exile. If they became like the synonym for Retro Americana in the past with their (not too far) albums Angelfish and Silver Soul that were affected by the Rockabilly style, the British deliberate themselves now again upon their roots. Thus Further From The Truth was recorded in the auditorium of an old viktorianischen school in the historical Malvern. Nevertheless Further From The Truth is the first And Also the Trees album, which was concerned more by contemporary influences than of nostalgic impressions. The twanging guitars and dark organs of the Retro Americana time are hardly more to be found, instead Justin Jones somnambulistic guitars mixes with the relentless rhythms of bass player Steve Burrows and drummer Paul Hill. This nearly already scary music is carefully arranged around Simon Huw Jones strained and almost vulnerable singing. The tuneful basic tendency of the Openers 21 York Street changes fast into the ponderous paranoia from He Walked Through The Dew. Simon Huw Jones brand name, the rough romance of the lyrics is filled by a new attained realism. On the one hand Further From The Truth sounds quietly, but in addition dense and integrated, whereas the band do not claim to be perfect or unflawed. They sound organic, self-controlled and seduce us with simple however effective sophistication to a journey into a distorted world with infinitely long nights. AATT Records.