Trembling Blue Stars 
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08/05/2007
Without a doubt electronic noise is the stars of this album. Whether it be the distorted piecemeal percussion that emulates a door rattling in the breeze, steps on leaves or the magnified static on the avant country track ‘By False Lights.’ Beth’s Arzy’s voice is reminiscent of Sarah Cracknell on the psychedelic Rickenbacker dominated ‘Idyllwild.’
‘Sacred Music’ finds Wratten back on vocal duty. It’s a plethora of plinky plonk sounds and beatific backing vocals that make up the sensitive dream pop song.Among the best tracks are ‘This Once Was an Island,’ which has the arrangement of a New Order track but ends up sounding more like The Wake or Stockholm Monsters. It’s ambient techno meets indietronic. The programmed rhythmns create an evocative sound. ‘November starlings’ is upbeat melodic pop starting like St Etienne’s ‘You’re in a Bad Way.’ A recording of dawn on the Romney Marsh provides the backdrop. Sugary lyrics include ‘It’s a scrapbook in the making, flick to the heart of England’s garden, save a page for November Starlings.’ ‘Schnee Gletscher Glas’ is prologued by Daniela Neuhauser. The song captures the sound of footsteps on branches and ends with a harmony provided by a music box. ‘Goodbye to the Sea,’ possesses a dramatic lulling cello, ends with birdsong and is enveloped by static. ‘The Tenth of Always’ has a hooky synth backbeat. ‘Darker, Colder, Slower’ sounds like The Cure. A symphonic string quartet introduction, then Jonathan Akerman’s pulsating beats dominate the pocket of musical loveliness that is ‘A Statue to Wilde.’ This album mixes gloomy melancholy with breezy melody. Full marks for experimental effects and sounds. They make full use of glockenspiels, melodica, harp and string arrangements and you can pick out individual aspects of every song that work well. Although beautiful it also sounds a little dated and hackneyed. It would have been better had it been fully experimental. As it is it’s a halfway house where the words are found wanting. Shoegazers will love it; Trembling Blue Stars are consistently reminiscent of Slowdive or Mazzy Star. To me it’s indie lite, at times sunk by the subdued vocals, like it needs a triple espresso to wake it up.
The last holy writer
Trembling Blue Stars
The Last Holy Writer
Elefant Records
Ex Field Mouse brings us sensitive dream pop. It’s a shoegazing fest. Like Slowdive and Mazzy Star are having a night in with their livelier companion St Etienne.
Trembling Blue Stars are the project of songwriter Bobby Wratten, most famous for his leadership of The Field Mice. ‘The Last Holy Writer’ is their sixth album and the second through Elefant Records mixing electronica with eighties melodic pop and hints of folk.
Without a doubt electronic noise is the stars of this album. Whether it be the distorted piecemeal percussion that emulates a door rattling in the breeze, steps on leaves or the magnified static on the avant country track ‘By False Lights.’ Beth’s Arzy’s voice is reminiscent of Sarah Cracknell on the psychedelic Rickenbacker dominated ‘Idyllwild.’
‘Sacred Music’ finds Wratten back on vocal duty. It’s a plethora of plinky plonk sounds and beatific backing vocals that make up the sensitive dream pop song.Among the best tracks are ‘This Once Was an Island,’ which has the arrangement of a New Order track but ends up sounding more like The Wake or Stockholm Monsters. It’s ambient techno meets indietronic. The programmed rhythmns create an evocative sound. ‘November starlings’ is upbeat melodic pop starting like St Etienne’s ‘You’re in a Bad Way.’ A recording of dawn on the Romney Marsh provides the backdrop. Sugary lyrics include ‘It’s a scrapbook in the making, flick to the heart of England’s garden, save a page for November Starlings.’ ‘Schnee Gletscher Glas’ is prologued by Daniela Neuhauser. The song captures the sound of footsteps on branches and ends with a harmony provided by a music box. ‘Goodbye to the Sea,’ possesses a dramatic lulling cello, ends with birdsong and is enveloped by static. ‘The Tenth of Always’ has a hooky synth backbeat. ‘Darker, Colder, Slower’ sounds like The Cure. A symphonic string quartet introduction, then Jonathan Akerman’s pulsating beats dominate the pocket of musical loveliness that is ‘A Statue to Wilde.’ This album mixes gloomy melancholy with breezy melody. Full marks for experimental effects and sounds. They make full use of glockenspiels, melodica, harp and string arrangements and you can pick out individual aspects of every song that work well. Although beautiful it also sounds a little dated and hackneyed. It would have been better had it been fully experimental. As it is it’s a halfway house where the words are found wanting. Shoegazers will love it; Trembling Blue Stars are consistently reminiscent of Slowdive or Mazzy Star. To me it’s indie lite, at times sunk by the subdued vocals, like it needs a triple espresso to wake it up.
elefant.com/en/grupos_dis.php?id=20
http://www.myspace.com/tremblingbluestars
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