Genre: Prog rock
Places I remember: HMV Oxford St. - the day before it closed up shop, although I didn't know it at the time! Seven quid - bargain!
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Lay On The Tracks
Gear costume: Incubate, Doppler, How Did We Find Our Way?
Active compensatory factors: I didn't have any expectations about this - a reissue of an album that is 17 years old, as The Pineapple Thief have, of late, been all about heavier electric guitar wig outs - which I love, of course.
If this album is anything to go by, back in the day 0f 2002 when releasing their second album, they were more of a pop band, with a great acoustic guitar based song as a starter.
Rest of the songs have hooks aplenty. There is electric guitar but the overall feel is somehow lighter here (unlike Dissolution frinstance).
Bruce Soord is TPT's main man and his vocals are a key element bringing that floaty, lighter element here.
It's not perfect - some stylistic inconsistency along the way and about 2 to 3 songs too long.
But, all up - even though it appears to be the forgotten runt of the litter, this is very polished pop music with no real hints of difficult second album syndrome.
Where do they all belong? High water mark for me and, already - one of my favourite Pineapple Thief albums.
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