Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, ambient. Background/Info: “Crawling” is the third album by the French solo-project Meager Benefits….
Genre/Influences:
Cold-wave,
ambient.
Background/Info:
“Crawling”
is the third album by the French solo-project Meager Benefits. Set up by Theo
Parlier it also is the third album in less than two years.
Content:
“Crawling”
sounds pretty minimalistic, getting back to some familiar cold-wave influences,
but also touched by an ambient-orientated approach. The songs have been
composed with guitar, bass guitar and synthesizer. The vocals are rather
discrete and often creating a ghost-like effect.
+
+ + : Meager Benefits sounds a bit unusual. I like this global approach, which
injects a minimal touch to the songs. There’s an intriguing fusion between
cold-wave and ambient music, which is accentuated by spooky vocals. The 80s
influences are cool. The most significant song appears to be “Moans” for the
great guitar playing, which brings something Eastern-like in the song.
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– – : I’m missing a bit more vocals throughout the songs. The songs are pretty
similar and missing an ultimate point.
Conclusion:
“Crawling”
is an album featuring a few interesting ideas, but which now need to be a bit
more elaborated. You can feel there’s more hiding inside this project than what
came out on “Crawling”.
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