At last! The Chemistry Experiment make My Bloody Valentine
look like the very model of the Stakhanovite work ethic, but, thanks to
Fortuna Pop!, fans of this ace Nottingham band can now revel in the cinematic
joys of the very brilliant ‘The Melancholy Death Of..'. This is an album
so ambitious in its breadth that I fair takes the breath away.
Indeed, there's a point somewhere between ‘Glue and Paper' and ‘You're
The Prettiest Thing', when the shimmer of a violin kicks in, that you think
that this could easily be the best album in the world.
‘You're The Prettiest Thing' – surely the centrepiece of the album – is a pretty
remarkable song. If The Chemistry Experiment were called Maroon 5, then it would
be number one forever. And, of course, this should be played at every indie disco
for the rest of eternity. The Chemistry Experiment could well be responsible
for a whole host of indie pop relationships. Just call them Cilla.
So, it's a huge album, then. But never does it descend into the sort of over-produced
mush that it so easily could have done. Vocalist, Stephen, whispers and croon
his way through the songs like an East Midlands Nick Cave, whilst the multi-instrumentalism
of Emily Kawaski is a joy to behold.
Clearly, The Chemistry Experiment were right to hang fire over the release of
this record. They wanted it to be perfect. And, go to the bottom of our stairs,
that's exactly what it is.
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