{"id":23545,"date":"2014-04-08T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-fatherson-i-am-an-island\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:35:01","slug":"album-review-fatherson-i-am-an-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-fatherson-i-am-an-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Fatherson &#8211; I Am an Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_inline_n3ohgmrrwn1qheirv.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Every once in a while you hear a record that is so good and so powerful that you can\u2019t help but ramble rather haphazardly about how wonderful it is. <em>\u2018I Am An Island\u2019,<\/em> the debut album from<strong> Fatherson<\/strong>, is just such a record. Although, if you bear with me, I\u2019ll try keep this succinct and to the point.<\/p>\n<p>The Kilmarnock quartet have long been undiscovered gems to those in the know in the music scene north of the border. After <em>\u2018I Am An Island\u2019<\/em> drops that will certainly no longer be the case. This is an album with the power to take the listener to a far happier and serene place, washing irresistibly over you with beautifully judged ebbs and flows of mood and pace. All with a basis equally in indie, folk and alt rock, with the flavours of each genre given <strong>Fatherson<\/strong>\u2019s stark and mesmerising unique take.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>Between the raw vulnerability of singer Ross Leighton\u2019s vocals and the band\u2019s ear for fragile and airy guitar tones, it would take someone almost totally without soul not to feel an instant connection to <em>\u2018I Am An Island\u2019<\/em>. From the haunting opening seconds of the album\u2019s opener and title track, it beguilingly lures you in before the chorus drops and things get a bit a stratospheric.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>From the outset the lyrical tone is set. That of a coy and honest assessment of the difficulties of the isolation and alienation all too often ignored in modern living, albeit delivered in a warm, empathetic and effecting way. Frequently this creates an interesting juxtaposition of delicate and self-aware lyrics playing off against swelling uplifting choruses, backed by a wave of guitars and strings. Occasionally there\u2019s even a sneaky yet surprisingly accomplished falsetto thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018I Am An Island\u2019<\/em> is an utterly captivating and soul-restoring debut. <strong>Fatherson<\/strong> are a band with such a variety of skills in their locker that fans from a cross section of British music could soon be citing these Scottish lads as their new favourite act. Anthems, ballads, straight up rockers and pure poetry, <strong>Fatherson<\/strong> have it all.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>I Am An Island&rsquo;<\/em> by <strong>Fatherson<\/strong> is out now on <strong>A Modern Way<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fatherson<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/fathersonband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fathersonband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Dane Wright (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mrdanewright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MrDaneWright<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every once in a while you hear a record that is so good and so powerful that you can\u2019t help but ramble rather haphazardly about how wonderful it is. \u2018I Am An Island\u2019, the debut album from Fatherson, is just such a record. 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