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40 Watt Sun - Perfect Light



7 | 46 votes |
Release date: 21 January 2022
Style: Slowcore

Owners:

12 have it
4 want it


01. Reveal
02. Behind My Eyes
03. Until
04. Colours
05. The Spaces In Between
06. Raise Me Up
07. A Thousand Miles
08. Closure

Line-up
Patrick Walker - vocals, guitar, bass, ebow, synthesizer, piano

Additional musicians:
Nicola Hutchison - vocals, violin
Pat Crilly - mandolin
Chris Redman - piano
Ryan Cowell - bass
Dave Walsh - drums
Roland Scriver - bass
Andrew Prestidge - drums, percussion
Theodore Howarth - piano, effects
Ajit Gill - drums

Staff review by
X-Ray Rod
Rating:
N/A
Only the bare necessities are present here.

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published 04.02.2022 | Comments (6)

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Comments: 13   Visited by: 186 users
28.10.2021 - 12:24
Rating: 7
Paz
Nuclear Cowboy
Do. Want.

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21.01.2022 - 18:48
Rating: 6
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Eh not really my cup of tea unfortunately
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22.01.2022 - 18:12
Rating: 6
MetalManic

Pretty dull. Patrick still has the knack for clever word play. Some of those old 40 Watt Sun/Warning) electric guitar tones make very brief appearances across the album. Otherwise, the album just drags on longer than it really should.

This one will be the departure between the generation(s) of listeners. Definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of James Taylor, as this is more in line with his music.
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23.01.2022 - 00:44
Rating: 6
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
There is just no way I could listen to over an hour of this. Nothing keeps me even remotely interested
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

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23.01.2022 - 06:12
Rating: 7
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
ITT: metalhead first encounters slowcore.
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Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking
One day there will be no heart at all?
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23.01.2022 - 08:25
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by MetalManic on 22.01.2022 at 18:12

Pretty dull. Patrick still has the knack for clever word play. Some of those old 40 Watt Sun/Warning) electric guitar tones make very brief appearances across the album. Otherwise, the album just drags on longer than it really should.

This one will be the departure between the generation(s) of listeners. Definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of James Taylor, as this is more in line with his music.


This is good way to describe it.
Its like you do hair cut and change ripped jeans n letters jacket to suit n tie. From metal bar to smooth jazz bar whit luxury drink and dress code. This could be good music for a jazz bar... Not metal, but still it has something to offer once, I doubt I ever will listen it again.
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Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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23.01.2022 - 09:21
Rating: 8
JoHn Doe

Listening right now, I'm close to the end, very enjoyable, very pleasant vocals. A couple of songs could have been a bit shorter, but still listenable.

Better than the previous album.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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24.01.2022 - 17:13
Rating: 6
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Written by RaduP on 23.01.2022 at 06:12

ITT: metalhead first encounters slowcore.

I'm a huge fan of bands like Low, Red House Painters, etc... but this album is more meandering than it is interesting.
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24.01.2022 - 19:13
Rating: 6
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Written by Alex F on 24.01.2022 at 17:13

I'm a huge fan of bands like Low, Red House Painters, etc... but this album is more meandering than it is interesting.

Yeah I've never heard of any of those bands.

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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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26.01.2022 - 18:32
DraconionDevil

This is not at all what I was expecting from this album. I was not expecting something mostly acoustic. Maybe if I was more familiar with the band's music I would have enjoyed this more.
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26.01.2022 - 19:19
Rating: 6
musclassia

Written by RaduP on 23.01.2022 at 06:12

ITT: metalhead first encounters slowcore.


I've seen AA Williams, Chelsea Wolfe, etc, described as slowcore, if they don't then this might be my first encounter with slowcore, but if they do, then my problem with this isn't that it's slowcore. The problem I have with this album is that nearly every song is over 8 minutes for no good reason; cut every track in half and it would be more listenable (although it doesn't help that I generally just don't care for his vocals, whether with 40WS or Warning - another band where the songs are way too long)
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27.01.2022 - 11:40
Deadsoulman

Yeah, this album is way too long for its total lack of variation. I usually enjoy that kind of acoustic stuff (is that what you call slowcore? Man, the sheer number of genre tags I've never heard of...), but here it's just not that interesting. Maybe if they trimmed it a bit and removed a good 20 minutes it would be a bit more captivating. As it is, it's just plodding on and I don't really see myself returning to it ever. I guess I'll stick to their previous two albums then.
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04.02.2022 - 15:47
Rating: 7
Dark Forever
Ruído Sonoro
Great lyrics, beautiful melodies, but damn, most songs cut in half would deliver the same message and it sound less tedious. Don't get me wrong, I love slow and stripped down, simple music, but this is way too repetitive at times. Still, the aforementioned lyrics, melodies and overall emotion of the album deserve a 7.
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Taste the DARK...
... and you'll live FOREVER!
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