No Trust In Dawn – Lost And Apart (Album – Alice In… / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Gothic.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Four years after their promising and totally accomplished debut album “As We Fall”, German duo Soykut Gür and Rio Black are back on track with a new opus featuring thirteen new songs.
Content: The work takes off with an instrumental piece, which is followed by a song reminding me of The Cure. It remains a very important source of inspiration, which was also at the forefront of the debut album. It’s not only about the sound and melody line, but Rio Black’s timbre of voice is reminding me of Robert Smith. However all the songs aren’t touched by The Cure inspiration as No Trust In Dawn also reveals an explicit melancholic and dreamy side featuring complementary parts between guitar and electronics.
+ + + : If you’re an 80s nostalgic you’re definitely going to like some of the harder and more melodic parts of this album. “Where Are You Now” sounds pretty close to early The Cure, but the somewhat harder “Under The Sun” is another exposure of this band’s potential. If you prefer melancholic Wave music the album definitely has a very consistent part to offer.
– – – : I didn’t feel a similar satisfaction as with the debut album. The main part of the album sounds like it is in the grip of a deeply, melancholic atmosphere. I’m not convinced this is the best exponent from this formation.
Conclusion: I’m not saying I was disappointed, but this work sounds like a step backwards after their cool debut opus.
Best songs: “Where Are You Now”, “Under The Sun”, “Lost And Apart”.
Rate: (6 ½).
Artist: www.notrustindawn.com / www.facebook.com/NoTrustInDawn
Label: www.darkdimensions.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Dark-Dimensions-Label-Group/486014725206
About No Trust In Dawn
No Trust In Dawn is a darkwave duo from Kassel, Germany, formed in 2016 by Soykut Gür of Down To Reality and singer Rio Black of Atomic Neon. The debut album As We Fall was released on CD by Alice In… / Dark Dimensions in 2017 and reviewed on Side-Line in January 2018, followed by the self-released download “As We Fall Outtakes”. Rio Black discussed the debut in the ‘Click Interview’ with No Trust In Dawn published the same month. Discogs lists sampler appearances on Sonic Seducer and Orkus compilations from 2017 onward.
“Lost And Apart” was released by Alice In… / Dark Dimensions on 26 March 2021 on CD and as a download. The label wrote on Bandcamp that the album arrived “a little later than expected due to the Corona crisis”. The thirteen tracks are the instrumental “Can You Feel The Silence”, “Where Are You Now”, “The Greatest Love”, “This Beautiful Cage”, “Lost And Apart”, “Hope”, “Secret Room”, “Death Rays”, “Under The Sun”, “Purity”, “Morphine”, “Break Me” and “Sweet Dream”. No production credits are listed on the Bandcamp or Discogs pages. A two-track download, “Lost & Apart – Outtakes”, was self-released in 2022.
Discogs also lists the duo on the 2024 Depeche Mode tribute “In Your Memory”. “Lost And Apart” is the band’s second album and its second Side-Line review.
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