please stand in awe in front of this glorious, beautiful cover
Fang Island by Fang Island
Sargent House, 2010
Fang Island's debut is like a sandwich.
Start with a delicate slice of airy bread. Bite through some lettuce and juicy tomato, both tasty and refreshing. Then comes the meat and cheese. This analogy doesn't work with vegan subs, no, here the cheesiness / meatiness are of the utmost importance. Every song is a bite of this progressive pop metal sandwich, where animal guitars roar, childish synths oscillate, voices yell senseless hymns and the drums cheerily guide the whole procession. Dense, thick and rich passages veer down into glorious breaks/outros, in a mix of AC/DC bravado, Muse keyboard work and Amon Düül II nonsense.
The problem with eating a really good sandwich (and boy is this a delicious record) is that even if it's massive, you'll eat it fast (in 31:27, actually), and you'll end up wanting a second one.
This is where the sandwich comparison ends: if you'd have to buy another sandwich, the repeat button is free. Don't you wish we could eat music?
JNCT
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