January 13, 2012

Milagres - 'Glowing Mouth'

This record treads no new ground

Album Info

Release Date: January 16, 2012
Producer: Fraser McCulloch
Label: Memphis Industries
Fact: The majority of the band met whilst studying at New York University

4 / 10 Milagres frontman Kyle Wilson left Brooklyn after he felt had “grown stale”, retreating to mountainous wilds in search of creative succour. Sound familiar? His five-piece band’s UK debut retreads more familiar ground than a crime scene reconstruction: opener ‘Halfway’ would be a lovely, elegant Coldplay song, which jars awkwardly into ‘Here To Stay’, a half-arsed Arcade Fire-like look at a youth where “I was the cure, I spoke in tongues”. The rest hovers lazily between Grizzly Bear’s dusty orchestral shadow and Menomena’s way with drawing lumps to the throat, yet boasts the emotional potency of neither. A pleasant listen, but it’s hardly fresh.

Laura Snapes

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