Keeping with this week's
theme of reviewing bands where a member followed me, one member of The Further
is guitarist Barrington Mole.
Barrington is in three bands, which means that even though I reviewed Whitemoor
back in August (and while I certainly can't rule out a future review of Ejectorseat),
today is all about The Further, a Derbyshire-based indie rock band.
Songs have a quality of
creeping desperation, but that doesn't stop them from being poignant and
beautiful.
Despite the band's
description of their sound as "Three friends making a forlorn
racket", "Ordinary" is energetic, even if its rhyme scheme pulls
in "obituary" and "cemetery". "Cling 2 Me" pulls
in some good funk. That being said, "The Other Side of the Valley" and
"Suffocate Yourself" are pretty forlorn.
That is not a problem.
Life can get dreary, and music is sometimes the best way of facing that.
Worth checking out.
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