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Album Reviews
Album Review: Blackchords – Blackchords (Stomp Entertainment/Dust Devil Music)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 14 October 2009
Australia has given us some great music in the past. From AC/DC to Silverchair and Wolfmother, and now Melbourne’s Blackchords, whose eponymous debut album is released this month.
Opening track ‘At World’s End’, which was recently voted Track Of The Day on Q Magazine’s website, is prickly and anxious despite the post-punk guitar chords which should have us feeling a lot more reckless. Instead we’re taken on a journey of trying to crack the song’s true mood, but as it reaches its climax, it ends abruptly… and you’re hooked.
From the start, everything is fresh; a welcome break from the ordinary. This is an album which shows us two sides of the band. They manage perfectly to show their diversity through the musically delicate instrumental strings on tracks such as ‘Disappear’, ‘These Lights’ and ‘Raise My Hands’, opposed to the slightly more hardened ‘Diplomat’ and ‘Pretty Little Thing’. ‘Broken Bones’ proclaims “We can scream out loud” yet only a gentle whisper is heard in Nick Milwright’s voice. His vocals give off charms of innocence and makes it hard not to become enthralled with every note. A more polished Chris Martin springs to mind.
Blackchords have produced a debut record to be proud of and now we get to look forward to seeing them perform these songs live! SD
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