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Album Review: Shy Child (Liquid Love)

27th Feb 2010

HONESTLY, I was expected dis­ap­point­ment from this album. The Brook­lyn two-piece’s last album con­tained one addic­tive song, the rest just slightly above aver­age. How­ever, straight from the first track, I was strongly engaged. The amount of time and effort that appears to have been put into this record seems to be far more than their debut.

Hav­ing not released any mate­r­ial for the last two years it’s per­haps not sur­pris­ing that Shy Child are back with such a strong record. They still pull on a synth-pop influ­ence, but this time round, there seems to be a clear pro­gres­sion, and each track has a dis­tinct, per­sonal feel.

The title track opens, and sets the mood for the album. The atti­tude of the music seems toned down, and a more relaxed feel is adopted. How­ever as you slowly move through the album, a more upbeat and active melody devel­ops, espe­cially on tracks such as ESP Strange Emo­tion.

Round­ing up with Dark Des­tiny seems near-perfect. The track is an excep­tional part­ing shot, bring­ing it to the mel­low close that per­me­ates through­out this album.