Church Of Trees – New Bold Dawn (Album – Church Of Trees)
Genre/Influences: Pop-Rock, Indie-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Church Of Trees is an Ottawa (Canada) based formation, which is already active for a couple of years now. They present us their newest opus featuring nine songs and, which comes one year after their sweet-sounding “The Dark & The Light”.
Content: I can’t say that there are significant changes with the previous album. The songs are still supported with a sweet-sugar Pop style. The main evolution is maybe the kind of danceable Pop running through a few songs and reminding me of Everything But The Girl. Male- and female vocals are alternating from song to song injecting even more diversity to the work. I also noticed a Ballad-like song (cf. “Lose It”) accentuating the album’s variety.
+ + + : I definitely prefer this album to its predecessor. And especially the well-crafted and somewhat ‘danceable’ approach running through “End Of Days” and “Heartbeat” reminds me of all the sensibility of Everything But The Girl.
– – – : I can’t get away from the idea that there’s more hiding inside this band –and especially this album, than what came out of it.
Conclusion: “New Bold Dawn” is an entertaining work with a few noticeable songs, but I’m sure this band is able to do better!
Best songs: “Heartbeat”, “End Of Days”.
Rate: (6½).
Artist: www.churchoftrees.com / www.facebook.com/churchoftreesmusic
About Church Of Trees
Church Of Trees is the synth and dream pop project of Bernard Frazer, based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. “New Bold Dawn” is the project’s latest album, following “The Dark & The Light”.
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