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The Barbarians Move in
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Track Listing
- The Furies
- Sleeping Giants
- Regeneration
- Perimeter Fence
- The Healing
- Wolves Land
- The Wild Hunt
- This Year\x{2019}s Man
- Forgotten Babies
- The First Time\x{2013}The Last Time
- The Barbarians Move In
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #10132 in Music
- Released on: 2008-05-12
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Magnificent
Having garnered a glut of great reviews for 'Bright Lights...' it seemed only a matter of time for the acendency to stardom. But in the end, I don't think I saw or heard a single piece of publicity for the album and the any kind of momentum fizzled out and I wondered what would become of them.
Fortunately it seems like they have regrouped and redoubled their efforts (it's telling that they are on a different label this time around), and the result is a quite brilliant album. As noted by other reviewers the sound is much darker (thought lyrically the first album was pretty damn cynical) and much richer for it. The new material also works really well live.
Personally I feel that the problem (if you can really call it a 'problem') that DUELS have is that they are a very difficult outfit to pigeonhole, and when people inevitably ask me who they sound like, I struggle to name anyone.
Well worth the wait, I just hope someone picks up this album and runs with it.
Brilliant second album
Darker and rockier than The Bright Lights... This will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. Deserves attention!
Album of the year so far - but will anyone notice?
This album seems to be coming out with zero publicity or press attention, which is a crying shame as it means it probably won't have the success it deserves.
If you had this band pegged as a sort of Automatic-clone novelty indie band after their first album and its main single 'Animal', think again. They went away and reinvented themselves as purveyors of mature, velvety-dark pop with an edge. Think The Veils with more and better hooks.
The album engages you from start to finish, with a proper old-school album flow, and with no filler whatsoever. Highly recommended.
