{"id":28695,"date":"2013-05-31T09:24:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T09:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-dark-dark-horse-centuries\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:17:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:17:34","slug":"album-review-dark-dark-horse-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-dark-dark-horse-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Dark Dark Horse &#8211; Centuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/imageshack.us\/a\/img59\/2064\/darkdarkhorses.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span>Dark Dark Horse <\/span><\/strong><span>is the collaboration of former Kyte and current Maybeshewill member Jamie Ward and Kids in Cars vocalist James Stafford. Together both have structured a simple but beautifully orchestrated song craft. The results from this co-operation can now be heard from debut full length <em>\u2018Centuries\u2019<\/em>, a reflectively woven brand of electronica.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>As a record, <em>\u2018Centuries\u2019 <\/em>is well delivered in its output; the sampling and layering upon the electronic soundscape is therapeutic and graceful in its entirety. The electronic either shimmers in a fading ambiance or blips and ripples like a pulsating heartbeat. This provides a strong foundation for the warm dreary vocals provided by Stafford. You can just picture yourself looking lost in a mirror for some sort of answer to a life altering question. This formula is prettily beholden in its seemingly reflective atmosphere on tracks such as <em>\u2018In a Lifetime Before\u2019<\/em>.<\/span><!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Every so often additional instruments are applied to firmly tighten the delivery. The tapping bells on <em>\u2018Southwest of Orion\u2019<\/em> and the clean acoustic notes on <em>\u2018Midnight Mass\u2019 <\/em>are fine examples of this. These additional appliances help to channel the band\u2019s consistency upon a gentle and euphoric river. The epitome of this belongs to the 8 minute grandeur of <em>\u2018Mercury Nevada\u2019<\/em>. The way that the lead piano moves along the fading ambiance from the start is comforting to the tip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>All in all, Ward and Stafford\u2019s work on this full length has certainly paid off. They\u2019ve create a decent slab of therapeutic electronica with warming vocals and a relaxing atmosphere. If there was a record this year that you need to calm down to after a stressful day, then this reviewer will point you to the direction of this one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>3.5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span>\u2018Centuries\u2019<\/span><\/em><span> by <strong>Dark Dark Horse<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Function Records<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span>Dark Dark Horse<\/span><\/strong><span> links: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darkdarkhorse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><span>|<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darkdarkhorse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Words by Aaron Lohan (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ooran_loohan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>@ooran_loohan<\/span><\/a><span>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Dark Horse is the collaboration of former Kyte and current Maybeshewill member Jamie Ward and Kids in Cars vocalist James Stafford. Together both have structured a simple but beautifully orchestrated song craft. The results from this co-operation can now be heard from debut full length \u2018Centuries\u2019, a reflectively woven brand of electronica. 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