The Funeral Warehouse – Hours & Days (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-Wave, Shoegaze, Dark-Wave.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: The Funeral Warehouse is a French trio which already released a few productions. “Hours & Days” was written and recorded over several years resulting in ten songs.
Content: The first half of the work is a powerful mix between Dark-Wave and Indie. The songs are well-crafted and moving crescendo till an apotheosis. The second part of the album is more evasive and inspired by Shoegaze. The powerful guitar play has been mixed with electronic arrangements.
+ + + : The first part of “Hours & Days” sounds astonishing. This is a powerful production, which has been progressively built up and reaching a total climax. The impressive guitar playing injects a true spirit in the album. “It’s a Black-Black Miracle” is an overwhelming opener, but I also recommend listening to “Miles Away” which sounds like a furious, Rock driven version of Depeche Mode. “Put It (For Indecisions)” coming next is another masterpiece. And I also have to say a word about “Long Way Out”, which sounds like the offspring between David Bowie and IAMX.
– – – : The last part of the work is more into Shoegaze and even if the songs are easy listening pieces they never emulate the power and passion of the debut tracks.
Conclusion: The Funeral warehouse took me by surprise by this very accessible dark Indie work.
Best songs: “Miles Away”, “It’s a Black-Black Miracle”, “Put It (For Indecisions)”, “Long Way Out”, “Absinthe”.
Rate: 8.
Listen to “Hours & Days”:
Artist: www.facebook.com/thefuneralwarehouse
Label: www.facebook.com/icycoldrecords
About The Funeral Warehouse
The Funeral Warehouse was founded in France in 2010 by Sébastyén D. on vocals, guitars and keys, Aurélien Jobard on bass and Rodolphe Goujet on drums. The trio plays indie post-punk and released its first records through Seventh Crow Records: “Hourglass & Waterlilies” in 2010, “Behind The Wall” in 2011 and “Along With The Madcap” in 2012. The band also took part in the Joy Division tribute “Touching From A Distance” in 2015.
Icy Cold Records released “Hours & Days” on 12 November 2021 in digital form, with CD and vinyl editions following. The ten tracks are “It’s A Black-Black Miracle”, “Stop”, “Miles Away”, “Put In (For Indecisions)”, “Absinthe”, “Long Way Out”, “Can’t See Why”, “Almost There”, “The Wretched” and “In Love”.
The band talked about that album with Side-Line a few weeks after this review, in the Click Interview with The Funeral Warehouse published in April 2022.
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