{"id":24921,"date":"2014-02-04T12:33:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T12:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:03:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:03:28","slug":"album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Death of Lovers – Buried Under A World Of Roses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"If you\u2019re familiar with the work of Whirr and Nothing, its no surprise that Death of Lovers<\/strong>’ ‘Buried Under A World Of Roses’<\/em> is a short, concise collection of downtrodden, ambient numbers that is crushingly depressing.<\/p>\n

From the start, the quartet have clearly been influenced by the likes The Cure and Joy Division resulting in\u00a0‘Cold Heaven’<\/em> setting the band’s haunting and swirling style straight away. As vocalist\/guitarist Domenic Palermo cries out “Who played this joke on us?”<\/em>, his words are met with a crash of bombastic drums and shimmering guitars which somewhat leave you wanting more.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

‘Shaken’<\/em> is equally as haunting with its slow synth keys and simple, plodding drum beat complimenting Palermo\u2019s laid back, atmospheric vocals. Its a strangely compelling combination that leaves you in a daze. However compared to the other tracks found on here, ‘Shaken’<\/em> comes off as the weakest.<\/p>\n

The title track sees the band at their most dynamic, with the 80\u2019s goth sound being an influence once again. ‘Buried Under A World Of Roses’<\/em> ebbs and flows between the verse and chorus, with buried drum work allowing the band’s synths and guitars to take centre stage throughout. The end result is the EP\u2019s most melodic and brightest point.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The concluding ‘The Blue of Noon’<\/em> sums up what Death of Lovers<\/strong> are about. With its subdue and fractured tone along with its plodding tempo, the track is hauntingly yet beautifully compelling.<\/p>\n

Admittedly on first listen\u00a0‘Buried Under A World Of Roses’<\/em> is nothing more than a short set of ambient, synth-led depressing songs that are easily forgettable. However on further listens, you discover there is character and variety is these four songs that ultimately having you wanting to hear more. Sure, the band’s style isn\u2019t upbeat nor catchy, but Death of Lovers<\/strong> make up for it by producing an EP that is subtly beautiful.<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Buried Under A World Of Roses’<\/em> by Death of Lovers<\/strong> is available now on Deathwish Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Death of Lovers<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Sean Reid (@SeanReid86<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re familiar with the work of Whirr and Nothing, its no surprise that Death of Lovers’ ‘Buried Under A World Of Roses’ is a short, concise collection of downtrodden, ambient numbers that is crushingly depressing. From the start, the quartet have clearly been influenced by the likes The Cure and Joy Division resulting in\u00a0‘Cold […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8181],"tags":[5879,10951,10950,613,12398],"class_list":["post-24921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-post","tag-album-reviews","tag-buried-under-a-world-of-roses","tag-death-of-lovers","tag-deathwish-inc","tag-sean-reid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAlbum Review: Death of Lovers - Buried Under A World Of Roses - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you\u2019re familiar with the work of Whirr and Nothing, its no surprise that Death of Lovers’ ‘Buried Under A World Of Roses’ is a short,\" \/>\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: Death of Lovers - Buried Under A World Of Roses - Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you\u2019re familiar with the work of Whirr and Nothing, its no surprise that Death of Lovers’ ‘Buried Under A World Of Roses’ is a short,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seanreidportfolio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-04T12:33:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-21T22:03:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tumblr_inline_n0fcngXMT61qztcot.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S\u00eaan Reid\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"S\u00eaan Reid\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Album Review: Death of Lovers - Buried Under A World Of Roses - Already Heard Staging","description":"If you\u2019re familiar with the work of Whirr and Nothing, its no surprise that Death of Lovers’ ‘Buried Under A World Of Roses’ is a short,","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Album Review: Death of Lovers - Buried Under A World Of Roses - Already Heard Staging","og_description":"If you\u2019re familiar with the work of Whirr and Nothing, its no surprise that Death of Lovers’ ‘Buried Under A World Of Roses’ is a short,","og_url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/","og_site_name":"Already Heard Staging","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seanreidportfolio","article_published_time":"2014-02-04T12:33:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-21T22:03:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":150,"height":150,"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tumblr_inline_n0fcngXMT61qztcot.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"S\u00eaan Reid","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_site":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"S\u00eaan Reid","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/"},"author":{"name":"S\u00eaan Reid","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/484dc00e54dea89663d06cb624a70cd9"},"headline":"Album Review: Death of Lovers – Buried Under A World Of Roses","datePublished":"2014-02-04T12:33:53+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-21T22:03:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/"},"wordCount":373,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tumblr_inline_n0fcngXMT61qztcot.png","keywords":["Album Reviews","Buried Under A World Of Roses","Death of Lovers","Deathwish Inc.","Sean Reid"],"articleSection":["Album Reviews","Post"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/","name":"Album Review: Death of Lovers - Buried Under A World Of Roses - Already Heard Staging","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tumblr_inline_n0fcngXMT61qztcot.png","datePublished":"2014-02-04T12:33:53+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-21T22:03:28+00:00","description":"If you\u2019re familiar with the work of Whirr and Nothing, its no surprise that Death of Lovers’ ‘Buried Under A World Of Roses’ is a short,","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-death-of-lovers-buried-under-a\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tumblr_inline_n0fcngXMT61qztcot.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tumblr_inline_n0fcngXMT61qztcot.png","width":150,"height":150},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","name":"Already Heard Staging","description":"Covering the best in alternative music as best as we can","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization","name":"Already Heard","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Already Heard"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","https:\/\/x.com\/alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alreadyheard\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/already-heard\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AlreadyHeardMusic","https:\/\/tiktok.com\/@alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@alreadyheard"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/484dc00e54dea89663d06cb624a70cd9","name":"S\u00eaan Reid","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ef81976bb8e011af71a662b656189e99562e2fa47bb3928dfb824b97e133334e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ef81976bb8e011af71a662b656189e99562e2fa47bb3928dfb824b97e133334e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ef81976bb8e011af71a662b656189e99562e2fa47bb3928dfb824b97e133334e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"S\u00eaan Reid"},"description":"Based in Nottinghamshire, S\u00eaan Reid is the Founder and Senior Editor of Already Heard. Since 2008, he has been writing about a variety of bands from around the world for numerous publications. Away from music, S\u00eaan has several interests, most notably watching wrestling and football. You can find S\u00eaan on the following: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram","sameAs":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seanreidportfolio","seanreid86"],"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/author\/sean\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38505,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24921\/revisions\/38505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}