Gods and Monsters

Artist: I Am Kloot
Label: Echo UK Through Ada
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 805551020527
EAN: 0805551020527
ASIN: B000A2H82G

Release Date: 2005-08-23

Gods and Monsters

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Tracks:

No Direction Home
Gods And Monsters
Over My Shoulder
An Ordinary Girl
The Stars Look Familiar
Strange Without You
Astray
Hong Kong Lullaby
Sand And Glue
Avenue Of Hope
Dead Men's Cigarettes
Coincidence
I Believe

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Customer Reviews:

Unique addition to the trilogy.......2006-05-17

Their 3rd album takes us in a different direction again compared to the previous 2. It seems to have taken a quirky and darker route almost, with the exception of "Over My Shoulder" the upbeat lead single from the album (also I Am Kloots highest charting single too!!!). The production on "Gods And Monsters" is semi-lo-fi and natural, using microphones placed in the corner of a ceiling to get the right sound for a guitar part among other things. "Avenue Of Hope" is one of the stand out tracks and features a beautiful trumpet solo and classic Kloot lyrics, "Coincidence" is one of the darker moments and the band used to open their live shows with this song. Amongst these tracks there are real Kloot classics such as "The Stars Look Familiar", "I Believe" and "Astray" which could be called a relation to "No Fear Of Falling" from their debut album.

3 star rating in comparison to their other 2 albums, it is not the best, but it is not terrible either and is a welcome addition to my collection... I play it regularly still a year on.

Is This The Same Band?.......2005-10-27

I read all of the negative reviews for this album and thought, "It can't be that bad, their first two albums were really good." Well, it is that bad. In fact, it's a complete disaster and it makes you wonder where the old I Am Kloot went. Where their self-titled second album took a while to reveal its charms, this one just doesn't have any charms to reveal. It's utterly forgettable and actually almost painful to listen to.

Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of this band. However, potential buyers need to be aware that this effort stinks. There are only maybe one or two songs on here that you would actually want to listen to more than once. Give it a chance if you like, but there's a strong possibility that you will be severly underwhelmed. One review I read of this album somewhere described it as sounding like a bunch of Badly Drawn Boy knock-offs. If only.

Gods From Manchester.......2005-10-21

Momci iz Mancestera su i ovim albumom pokazali koliko je muzicka scena bez njih pusta. Jedan od retkih romanticnih albuma koji je izasao u poslednjih nekoliko godina. Savrseni tekstovi i potpuna jednostavnost melodije je tajna ovog albuma.
Prepustite se uzivanju.
Album za svaku pohvalu i neophodan za kolekciju.
Da li bi bilo mnogo ako kazem da je pravo remekdelo?

The thrill of Britpop; the precision of French chanson........2005-10-12

I can hardly believe this is the same band who released that clattery, unremarkable debut album. I almost didn't give this a chance but this is a perfect set of songs. The lyrics are devious, supple and permit entry into unusual psychological states and revelations, much like the recent Ladytron album but in an orchestral-folk setting. John Bramwell, Kloot's frontman, is usually smart enough not to directly tackle issues in his own life, choosing instead to unspool ambiguous stories that indirectly reference the disappointment and paranoia of betrayed love, among other subjects. And these stories are better than anything you'll read in The New Yorker. "An Ordinary Girl" feels like the classic, with its noir lyrics smartly reminding us that femme fatales don't have to sport come-hither looks and elbow-length black gloves; they can be our slightly pimply, not so slim, insecure first loves, and what makes them truly fatale is that we once trusted them. "Gods and Monsters" seems simple, but is the most ambiguous song, burrowing into the head of a petty-proud office dweller who suddenly realizes that his idea of an ordered, rational life in a godless world has been a huge lie, that there are others, his superiors, "So lazy and so useless and so good." ( A line that I take as a huge compliment, by the way. ) "Strange Without You" is a kind of fuzzed-out polka where Bramwell's voice sounds just a mite higher-pitched and unfamiliar as he sings the title. "Sand and Glue" is unfathomable but has a propulsive bridge that sneakily becomes the chorus; it seems to have something to do with someone overprivileged who abuses nature just because he can. "Coincidence" has the great copout line, "Time has gathered us here by coincidence / That's why what I say doesn't make any sense." "Dead Men's Cigarettes" is a great song to drive around and smoke to.

If there's anything I can level against this album, it's that Bramwell doesn't have the persona to sell his more confessional songs. He's a good songwriter, but not an oracle. When he goes all John Lennon with an acoustic guitar on "Astray," the melody is catchy, but it feels like he hasn't earned the right to whisper in our collective ear. I don't know why this is, any more than I know why some actors are magnetic and some are dead weight. And the actor that Bramwell resembles most is Peter Sellers. He needs a role to inhabit for us to care; he's not one of those actors who can play variations on himself.

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