Children of Time

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….

This is a CD/DVD box set that contains a wonderful 32 page booklet in which you can read how about this Tolkien inspired dark concept story (taken from the book Silmarillion). The music is performed by musicians who use a wide range of instruments, from harp, violin, French horn, clarinet and flute to keyboards and many male and female singers like a bass bariton. The amount of classical instruments is a strong indication what we can expect from Ainur during the 13 songs on Children Of Hurin…