{"id":5755,"date":"2016-04-04T14:53:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T14:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-people-the-poet-paradise\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:30:00","slug":"album-review-the-people-the-poet-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-people-the-poet-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The People The Poet – Paradise Closed EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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In a few years’ time when we discuss British bands that were criminally underrated, The People The Poet<\/b> are bound to come up. Not only was this Welsh mob’s debut full-length, 2013’s ‘The Narrator’<\/i>, a near-flawless example of layered, emotionally-loaded rock, it was made all the more personal by having its songs based on letters and stories from fans.<\/p>\n

New EP ‘Paradise Closed’<\/i> follows a similar route in its execution, burning white-hot with a burgeoning intensity thanks to its dense composition and frontman Leon Stanford’s gorgeously gnarled, gravelly vocals. ‘Club 27’<\/i> takes its gentle openings and inflates them into a real indie epic, while opener ‘Happy Being Miserable’<\/i> takes a more visceral Springsteen-meets-Pearl Jam route.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It’s a release built on the foundations of the most lush grandiosity, but never feels too self-important, and still manages to maintain a level of intimacy. There’s an almost overbearing emotion to the likes of ‘Same Heart’<\/i> and ‘Needle In A Haystack’<\/i> that makes every moment feel like a true work of art, and coupled with the swathes of multi-layered vocals and delayed guitars, and it’s a truly immersive listen.<\/p>\n

It all makes ‘Paradise Closed’<\/i> a truly excellent EP that packs in more dynamism and and heavy-hearted sentiments than most entire albums. It’ll be a borderline miracle if it sees The People The Poet<\/b> pick up the mainstream adulation they’ve always deserved, but that we even have a band as brilliant and poignant as this is cause for celebration in itself.<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

‘Paradise Closed EP’<\/em> by The People The Poet<\/strong> is out now on Beeline Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The People The Poet<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Luke Nuttall (@nuttall_luke<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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