Devics - My Beautiful Sinking Ship (2001)

Artist...............: Devics
Album................: My Beautiful Sinking Ship
Genre................: Ghost Rock
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2001
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 351 Mb


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It's difficult to categorize My Beautiful Sinking Ship, or the music of Devics for that matter, but the Los

Angeles foursome travels down a truly inspired path here. Built around themes of ships and seas, the band

touches upon influences and styles as diverse as shoegazer pop, cabaret playfulness, post-rock bombast, and

piano bar jazz. Sara Lov handles most of the vocals, and she manages to recall Fiona Apple and Mojave 3's

Rachel Goswell at the same time, using her voice as a brittle yet confident instrument. Dustin O'Halloran

is responsible for virtually every instrument other than bass and drums, and he proves himself to be a

match for peers like Jason Falkner and Jon Brion, though he deals with subject matter and motifs of a

darker nature. With songs that are reminiscent of Apple, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Slowdive, and Bertolt

Brecht all at once, while still suggesting a band who's fully in control of their own distinctive sound,

the album is an intriguing and accomplished rush from start to finish. Though it runs for more than 60

minutes, there's never a sense that the band is being pretentious or that they should have left anything on

the cutting-room floor. Whether pianos, keyboards, guitars, and drums are all pounding away with bombast or

taking turns painting serene, mournful themes, every note rings true and strong. At turns epic and

progressive and at other turns beautifully lush and peaceful, My Beautiful Sinking Ship seems like a long-

lost classic from the vaults of 4AD. It's a delightful work of art that begs to be heard, and it's the kind

of release that should send listeners scrambling for the band's back catalog.



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Tracklist
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01. Heart and hands
02. My beautiful sinking ship
03. You in the glass
04. The man I love
05. You could walk forever
06. Alone with you
07. Why I chose to never grow
08. Living behind the sun
09. Forget tomorrow
10. Lost at sea
11. Gold in the girl
12. I broke up
13. Heaven please
14. Five seconds to hold you
15. Blood red orange