![]() ![]() This is a wild mash up of impressions which nicely go together due to the melodic string composition and the 303 sequences. "Lammas Day" has the chilling exotic quality of 808 State "Pacific State" if you grant us this comparison, paired with some phantastic Dr Who sensibilities! This track is quite a voyage! With "Freedom24" a Hi-NRG melody meets nightcrawler sounds ala "Klang De Familie". Features space toms and grand piano rave chords to evoke a housy feel within. Here they ponder all the possibilities of the future and the mistakes of the past. "Girl Ahead" is a vocal track exclusively on the digital version of the album, again with Rhys Evans on vocal duties. It’s like looking down on a rave party happening from above, from a bird's eye view, which is in full swing where the euphoria spills over into the audience. ![]() "Bear Likes To Rave" takes us back to the warehouse days and reminds us of the acid warehouse parties with fanned stroboscope beams and dry ice cannons. ![]() "Identify This" kicks off with blissed-out sci-fi sounds but commences with 90s rave chords that gets under your skin and creates a fantastic kaleidoscopic picture of moody UK rave with these spurts of emotional uplifting moments which are worth every penny. The track has, for sure, that pop quality which sets it apart - it is a very complete and rounded and in the true sense, a hit. The track shows from many angles of the intensity of what club culture was about. The album opener "My Desire" pins down the essence of the album, showing some pop sensibility and a healthy dose of that early 90s spirit with longing vocals by Rhys Evans. The album sums up what THE MFA stands for their love of electronic music intertwined their love of songs and melody, sometimes banging, sometimes pensive, sometimes longing, occasionally up-beat and happy. We’ve always been influenced by 90s rave culture and the club scene of that era and the explosion of creative freedom through electronic music that happened back then.” It’s an album that is at home on the dancefloor or at home. It’s a long ambition brought to fruition. Their new album, “Lights Out”, which could be described as a long time coming, is definitely THE MFA’s most ambitious work to date.Īs they put it in their own words: “The album is very special to us. A year and a half ago, THE MFA returned to the fore once more, when we released their "Oranges and Lemons EP". ![]()
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