{"id":21468,"date":"2014-07-01T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-great-albatross-the-roots\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:10:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:10:41","slug":"album-review-the-great-albatross-the-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-great-albatross-the-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The Great Albatross &#8211; The Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tumblr_inline_n7zznaeYQr1qheirv.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Opening with a two-minute wordless intro is a bold move for any four-track EP, but it works for <em>\u2018The Roots\u2019<\/em>, setting the dreamy tone for the record<em>.<\/em> Opener<em> \u2018The Egg That Hatched\u2019<\/em> is ambient and interesting, its instrumental style recalling some of Into It. Over It.\u2019s latest album.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018The Roots\u2019<\/em> is not quite an EP; it sounds more like one long song divided into four parts. All of the songs are similar sounding and while this can be slightly dull in parts, it gives the release a distinctive flow as its ebbs and moves in between tracks.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Instrumentation takes over from lyrics, though the more vocal heavy tracks, such as \u2018<em>Roots\u2019<\/em>, provide a sense of exploration and travel and the heartache caused by those left behind. The repetition of <em>\u201cwhy am I so far away from the one I love?\u201d<\/em> in <em>\u2018Roots\u2019<\/em> contrasts nicely with the imploring tone of <em>\u2018Righteous Man\u2019<\/em> which begs, <em>\u201cCan you be my strength when I get weak?, Can you be my lungs when I can\u2019t breathe?\u201d<\/em>. <em>\u2018Righteous Man\u2019 <\/em>is undoubtedly the standout track of the short release, benefiting from simple, catchy chords that carry the song along. While <strong>The Great Albatross<\/strong> introduce these lyrical themes well, the short nature of <em>\u2018The Roots\u2019<\/em> doesn\u2019t allow enough time for these ideas to develop, and they get lost amidst the pretty instrumentation.\u00a0 It would be interesting to see how a whole album would have built upon this.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018The Roots\u2019<\/em> is worth a listen for the interesting instrumentation alone.\u00a0 While synths have clearly been used, these aren\u2019t too heavy handed and certainly do not detract from the acoustic strings that dominate the EP. There are also unusual instruments featured which are hard to identify, adding to the surreal quality of <em>\u2018The Roots\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Rambling and dreamy, yet ultimately leading nowhere, <em>\u2018The Roots\u2019 <\/em>is light-hearted and yet heartfelt, thought it could have benefitted from a few more tracks to give the EP a more complete feel.<\/p>\n<p>3\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018The Roots\u2019 <\/em>by <strong>The Great Albatross<\/strong> is out now via <strong>Count Your Lucky Stars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Great Albatross<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thegreatalbatross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/thegreatalbatross.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/great_albatross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Jay Sullivan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening with a two-minute wordless intro is a bold move for any four-track EP, but it works for \u2018The Roots\u2019, setting the dreamy tone for the record. 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Over It.\u2019s latest album. \u2018The Roots\u2019 is not quite an EP; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8181],"tags":[5879,6340,9665,9666],"class_list":["post-21468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-post","tag-album-reviews","tag-count-your-lucky-stars","tag-the-great-albatross","tag-the-roots-ep"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Album Review: The Great Albatross - The Roots - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Opening with a two-minute wordless intro is a bold move for any four-track EP, but it works for \u2018The Roots\u2019, setting the dreamy tone for the record.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Album Review: The Great Albatross - 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