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WE ARE HIM, the fifth long-player from Angels of Light, is wholly uncategorizable, and features Gira chasing far-flung muses from Beefheart stomps ("My Brother's Man") to dirgy semi-ragas ("Promise of Water"), to almost traditional pop ("Good Bye Mary Lou.") The constants throughout are delicate arrangements, odd structures, and Gira's mesmerizingly laconic baritone. There are familiar touchstones here--synth-era Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave's solo work to name two--but Gira is an original and WE ARE HIM is weird American noir that sounds like nothing else on earth.
Michael Gira continued to atone for years of fronting the loudest band ever, the Swans, with both his second band, Angels of Light, and his label, Young God Records, which gave the world the likes of Devendra Barnhart and Akron/Family. Both of these endeavors bolstered his belief that music need not split ears to be adventurous, challenging, and beautiful.
Angels of Light: Siobhan Duffy Gira, Ryan Vanderhoof, Larkin Grimm (vocals); Seth Olinsky (acoustic guitar); Christoph Hahn (electric guitar); Philip Puleo (hammer dulcimer); Patrick Fondiller (mandolin); Eszter Balint, Paul Cantelon (violin); Julia Kent (cello); David Garland (flute); Birgit Cassis Staudt (accordion); Steve Moses (trombone); Bill Rieflin, Miles Seaton (bass guitar); Dana Janssen (drums); Adam Sachs (unknown instrument).
Spin (p.122) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he singer/songwriter focuses on whiplash juxtapositions of sound and style..."
Uncut (p.81) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "'My Brother Man' in particular, with its pendulous, punishing riffery, reminds you of the Gira of old."
Magnet (p.90) - "On 'Sunflower's Here To Stay,' Gira and the Angels produce a pop song with piano and trombone, complete with positively joyful, wordless backing vocals."
The Wire (p.46) - "Nothing feels superfluous; the instrumentation, though compellingly mercurial, is never intrusive or overwrought, allowing Gira's songwriting to command centre stage."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.47) - "Lying somewhere between the dark croon of Nick Cave and the spaced, arty drone of The Velvet Underground..." Angels Of Light We Are Him Songs We Are Him Review
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