In Amber (LP)


Hercules & Love Affair

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Amoeba Review

Hercules & Love Affair are a long way from their early disco styling on their first album in five years, In Amber. Andy Butler injects the proceedings with gravity, sparseness, an almost pagan sense of the ceremonial. It’s a fitting response to Butler’s “inspiration” for the album…if you can call excess mortality and global crises something as seemingly upbeat as “inspiration.” But that’s where the magic of this album is. Through the trance-like, occasionally eerie melodies, through the heartrending lyrics, through the horrors Hercules & Love Affair, like the rest of us, must horrors look in the eye and decide to continue on, every day…through all of this, the band finds beauty in the bruises and weaves a sense of solidarity from sadness. And what a crew to call together for these dark times! Vocal duties alternate between Butler (at times sounding like he’s channeling Swans), Anohni, and Icelandic singer Elin Ey while Siouxsie & the Banshees’ Budgie contributes beats to the tracks. Experimental and essential.



Track Listing



Side A Titles
Artist
Length
1.
Grace
Hercules & Love Affair 03:56
2.
One
Hercules & Love Affair , ANOHNI 04:38
3.
You've Won This War
Hercules & Love Affair 05:45


Side B Titles
Artist
Length
1.
Christian Prayers
Hercules & Love Affair , ANOHNI 05:47
2.
Dissociation
Hercules & Love Affair 04:15
3.
Contempt for You
Hercules & Love Affair , ANOHNI 05:06


Side C Titles
Artist
Length
1.
Gates of Separation
Hercules & Love Affair 05:11
2.
Killing His Family
Hercules & Love Affair , ANOHNI 03:51
3.
Who Will Save Us?
Hercules & Love Affair , ANOHNI 04:07


Side D Titles
Artist
Length
1.
The Eyes of the Father
Hercules & Love Affair 05:16
2.
Poisonous Storytelling
Hercules & Love Affair , ANOHNI 05:20
3.
Repent
Hercules & Love Affair 03:18

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