Band:	Poets To Their Beloved
Album:	Embrace The Fool
Style:	Neofolk
Release date:	2007
A review by:	Jeff

01. Embrace The Fool
02. Love
03. Ecstatic Dance
04. My Moments Of Tranquility
05. The Desillusioned Nihilist
06. Ode On Melancholy
07. The Golden Cage Of Fateful Emotions
08. Traveller Of Stars
09. Your Eyes So Strange To Me
10. Innate
11. I Drowned In You
12. In Your Dreams
13. Soul Friend

I really like the Portuguese label Equilibrium because in general they give me the chance to take some real Metal holidays! All their bands are folk and "dark music" ones in general and since that they have some good musical tastes, we're rarely disappointed. One of their last signatures, Poets To The Beloved, a duet which comes from The Netherland and Germany, follows this good quality trend and I'm sure that the people who want to listen to nice peaceful music will enjoy a lot this first album.

"Embrace The Fool" is a bit like the release of some modern troubadours. Don't expect anything Metal here (except in the spirit of the music), all the tracks of the album are folk acoustic songs. It's really good with a nice romantic but dark spirit and since that the voices of Saskia Dommisse of Marcel Schibor (without being wonderful too) are really good and fits perfectly to the music, I'm sure that you'll have a lot of good emotions while you'll listen to the album. On the other hand you must be warned, "Embrace The Fool" is a really peaceful album and this is more a matter of ambiances than rhythm of course. Though Poets To The Beloved is a good band and its two members knew how to write songs which are touching anc catchy.

The production, the artwork, the sound (etc) are excellent. The acoustic sound doesn't suffer of any problem and the album is never boring. Though of course you must be into this kind of music and be a bit open minded if you want to enjoy it. But don't worry it's cool music, peaceful yes, but it will be a good break for all the ones who only listen to violent stuff during the week!

"Embrace The Fool" is a great first release. Not as good as the last Antimatter maybe but still really convincing. I hope that you'll have a look on this album because it's full of good ideas and nice melodies, so if you're into Folk and Ethereal music, don't wait anymore, the first album of Poets To The Beloved is a must!