Product Description

This is the fifth album from UK indie rock trio Feeder and possibly their most ambitious to date. Recorded once again with long-time collaborator Gill Norton, with mainman Grant Nicholas in the co-producers chair, 'Pushing The Senses' seesthe band developing their powerful indie rock sound. The single 'Tumble And Fall' is also included.

Track Listing

1. Feeling A Moment
2. Bitter Glass
3. Tumble And Fall
4. Tender
5. Pushing The Senses
6. Frequency
7. Morning Life
8. Pilgrim Soul
9. Pain On Pain
10. Dove Grey Sands

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12091 in Music
• Released on: 2005-01-31
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Pushing the Senses, Feeder’s fifth studio album builds on the introspective maturity that made Comfort in Sound a hit with both critics and record-buyers alike. Far removed from the upbeat power-pop of breakthrough Echo Park, Senses owes a greater debt to the sound of America’s mid-west, jumbled up with some quintessentially British song-writing.

"Tumble and Fall", the first single to be lifted, is an un-ashamed power-ballad. The words may be slightly ham-fisted ("tumble and fall, together we crawl"), but the melody catches so brilliantly that the actual lyrical content doesn’t matter amidst the soulful verse and explosive chorus. This style of downbeat MOR with epic refrains continues throughout most of the album with only "Pilgrim Soul" forcing out any energy, the rest demonstrating the same quiet restraint that Grant has adopted for his vocals. Whilst the noise has been toned down from their days as festival stalwarts, the sound is still grand, almost stadium sized, but in a more considered and less sweaty way. The influences behind many of the songs seem to drift in then disappear again with echoes of REM ("Pushing the Senses"), Mercury Rev ("Frequency") and Belle & Sebastian ("Dove Grey Sands") making an impression without leaving a mark.

From the ten songs here it’s difficult to pick stand outs as the quality is un-wavering and the overall sound is very easy to listen to. If their last album was the sound of a band coming of age, Pushing the Senses is the sound of Feeder in the prime of life. --Georgina Collins

Customer Reviews

Pushing The Senses Forward
I reckon it must be a difficult situation for a band like Feeder. With such a novelty hit that they had with 'Buck Rogers', every album or song they release is compared to that one tune, and the band seemed to find better success as a singles group. Ash suffer from a similar fate, and if you're reading this, go out and buy Ash's Meltdown CD now!

Anyway, after the traumatic times that eluded Feeder on Comfort in Sound, here is the sound of the group who has survived a dark period in their careers and come out with a new found wisdom and hope. Pushing The Senses is 10 songs of pure emotion and some of the most uplifting lyrics in recent memory.

A sense of positive atmosphere is quickly spread as soon as the opening chords of Feeling a Moment quicks in. It has to be said that Grant Nicholas' songwriting has come a long way since he wrote Just a Day and to think these songs from the same man who famously wrote opening lines 'He's got a brand new car/looks like a jaguar..'. Songs like Tender, Morning Life and Pain on Pain are some of Nicholas' best work despite the knowledge there's a melancholy underpinning.

Elsewhere make sure you look out for Fran Healey singing in the background on Tumble and Fall (where is Travis nowadays??) and love the artwork to, very colourful, just to match the album itself.

Its a positive record, its positively good and one hopes Feeder will continue to make albums as good as this one.

Underestimated best album by a supurb live band
This is Feeder's greatest work, forget Echo Park and Comfort in Sound although they are better in different ways. I don't gloss things up i've read terrible reviews of this album in magazines which i can't believe the reviewer has even listened to this album. Feeling a moment is one of feeders all time greatest singles. i saw them live at leeds festival this year and it blew me away. They are an awesome band. If you were to download any songs off this album i would personally say: Feeling a moment or Pushing the Senses. I hoped this helped.

Underrated
Before i say anything else I am a huge feeder fan. I have all of their albums and have probably heard pretty much everything they have released. The reviewers on this site are not giving this album enough credit.

I agree it does not have the "old feeder " sound as much as previous albums, but give it a few listens to fully appreciate it. When i first heard the album all the way through i was a little disappointed, but now play it as much as their others. Songs like Pilgrim Soul and the beautiful Morning Life creep into your head and stick. Some of the older sound is preserved with the brilliant title track and Bitter Glass. Dove Grey Sands and Tumble And Fall admittedly are rather poor but the rest of the album is top notch!