Children

A beautiful and haunting album by Pete Trewavas (Marillion / Transatlantic) and Eric Blackwood about an individual who has experienced a surreal and bizarre happening and is trying to comprehend if it was all reality… or a descent into madness. Great keyboard work fills every song and some pretty darn good guitar playing and singing, too. There is some kind of thread of repeated themes and sounds throughout the album. Overall the album has a kind of Art of Noise plays with Pink Floyd and Hogarth- era Marillion, with a more soulful Ian Anderson performing the vocalese. This is an album full of very catchy, engaging sounds, hooks, chords and lyrics and amazing production value.

This is the fourth album from the Melbourne indie band who gained a dedicated following in the early 2000s blending post-grunge and New Wave, but have been relatively quiet since their last album in 2012. Time Itself is a lesson in fuzz and understatement, stripping back years of relative obscurity with a well-rounded rock album….