Wow! Beautiful! Evocative! Dynamic! Grandiose! And so on…
The second album from Midlands/Southampton artist Atlum Schema is an incredible, intelligent work of art. Proof positive (if ever it was actually needed) that what most people are force-fed daily on mainstream radio really doesn’t scratch the surface of the amazing black hole of talent most people will possibly never ever hear.
Simon Cowell…!?
Fuck off!!
If there was any justice, it would be artists and bands like Atlum Schema, Stout (RIP), Sine Star Project (RIP) Hijera, Dead!Dead!Dead! (RIP) and Birdpen that were making big waves throughout the UK music media, but of course, there is no justice is there?
Bitter..? Maybe.
Bias..? Certainly not.
Each and every song on this free download album (so there really is no excuse not to listen to this right away) is a perfectly crafted masterpiece. Atlum Schema fuses an idyllic 80’s tinted pop glow with leftfield folk, Robert Smith’s tortured soul, Eels-esque alternative meanderings and quite possibly, the kitchen sink playing a small, if not insignificant part!
Adding up the apparent influences, if ever there was a natural successor to Peter Gabriel it would be Atlum Schema, especially on ‘To The Skylight’ and the single ‘Gunfight at the O.K. Corral’, both equally melancholy and wonderfully uplifting at the same time. I have often bandied the term genius around a bit too much in the past, but if I was to entertain the idea of re-appraising its use in my reviews, now would be as good a time as any. Self-produced to further enhance the talent on display the record has a bold and wonderful sound that is, like the emotional dichotomy of the music, both tastefully polished and yet raw and primal.
I could easily go on and dissect and appraise each and every single song individually, but apart from boring you senseless with an overlong essay full of larger than life adjectives and hyperbole, some records just need to be heard. No, listened to.
Frankly, after a long day of reviewing (admittedly excellent) loud metal bands, Atlum Schema is the perfect remedy and I am more than happy to push you in the right direction whilst I close down my PC and melt into this utterly fabulous record.
The band make a welcome return to Southampton at The Joiners Arms on the 9th November with Amy Studt.
Wow! Beautiful! Evocative! Dynamic! Grandiose! And so on…
The second album from Midlands/Southampton artist Atlum Schema is an incredible, intelligent work of art. Proof positive (if ever it was actually needed) that what most people are force-fed daily on mainstream radio really doesn’t scratch the surface of the amazing black hole of talent most people will possibly never ever hear.
Simon Cowell…!?
Fuck off!!
If there was any justice, it would be artists and bands like Atlum Schema, Stout (RIP), Sine Star Project, Hijera, Dead!Dead!Dead! (RIP) and Birdpen that were making big waves throughout the UK music media, but of course, there is no justice is there?
Bitter..? Maybe.
Bias..? Certainly not.
Each and every song on this album is a perfectly crafted masterpiece. Atlum Schema fuses an idyllic 80’s tinted pop glow with leftfield folk, Robert Smith’s tortured soul, Eels-esque alternative meanderings and quite possibly, the kitchen sink playing a small, if not insignificant part!
Adding up the apparent influences, if ever there was a natural successor to Peter Gabriel it would be Atlum Schema, especially on ‘To The Skylight’ and the single ‘Gunfight at the O.K. Corral’, both equally melancholy and wonderfully uplifting at the same time. I have often bandied the term genius around a bit too much in the past, but if I was to entertain the idea of re-appraising its use in my reviews, now would be as good a time as any. Self-produced to further enhance the talent on display the record has a bold and wonderful sound that is, like the emotional dichotomy of the music, both tastefully polished and yet raw and primal.
I could easily go on and dissect and appraise each and every single song individually, but apart from boring you senseless with an overlong essay full of larger than life adjectives and hyperbole, some records just need to be heard. No, listened to.
Frankly, after a long day of reviewing (admittedly excellent) loud metal bands, Atlum Schema is the perfect remedy and I am more than happy to push you in the right direction whilst I close down my PC and melt into this utterly fabulous record.
The band make a welcome return to Southampton at The Joiners Arms on the 9th November with Amy Studt.
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