Right from the first track, "A Sea Chanty of Sorts," it's clear that Margot & the Nuclear So and So's have a flair for both the dramatic and the erratic. Their rich, textured sound is at times anciently instrumental and powerful, at others, mechanically rhythmic and synthetically modern. A pair of haunting, siren-like voices that hum through the reverberations anchor the piece. Transitioning into "Skeleton Key," it's suddenly anchors aweigh as the album shifts into kitsch rock. The mysterious playfulness of the rhythm remains throughout the many shifts, held together by Richard Edwards’ poetic lyrics: “Love is an inkless pen/it’s a tavern, it’s sin/it’s a horrible way to begin.” I find myself inescapably comparing this group to The Charlatans; these are storytelling singers who aren’t afraid to chart a path across unsullied waters. Read on at [Silent Uproar]
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