Spinning a Colorful Yarn - Unraveling the threads of emotional ties, Tightly Unwound weaves together a virtual tapestry of the human experience and then rips it apart at the seams with the precision of a finely tuned snare drum. My Debt to You interlaces the first couple of knots in this aching ode to emotional obligation, while Shoot First painfully anticipates the needle to the heart, as rapid fire thrusts of guitar tear at the spun moral fiber. Sinners is a righteously Indignant and hellishly beautiful pattern of behavior that scoffs at the idea of following strict patterns of thinking. Tightly Wound comes undone in glorious explosions of sound and colour, creating a painful dream filled with comforting illusions, followed by The Sorry State, which is a vivid image of vaguely defined abject despair, wallowing in a mess of flailing synthetic chords neatly wrapped around every last suicidal note. The music of My Bleeding Hand is held taut and in parallel order to the loosely defined lyrics that are nevertheless clear in their intent, and And So Say All of You clearly states its question of self worth as seen through the eyes of needles looking at an image hung in an exalted position above fragile expectations. Different World and To Much to Lose are both finely woven masterpieces that stretch across the length of time in timeless fashion. The happy existence found in the loosely knit illusions of Different World is both sad and pathetic. The music is languid and harsh and as hypnotically soothing as a metronome swinging guillotine-like above those dreamy and dewy filled eyes. The raising and lowering sequence of Too Much to Lose is wound onto the emotional spools in a deliberately slow manner, initially creating a picture of unselfish love, while internally the threads are torn and frayed. Guitars, Bass, Drums and keys thrash up and down like the bobbins in a sweat factory, and the end result is one of the best creations ever to have sprung from the musical loom of Bruce Soord, the singer, guitarist and creator of all that is The Pineapple Thief.
Grows on you - I have not heard much from this band so I can t compare this to their other works. Some call them progressive, but I would classify them as a good alternative rock band, that reminds me of a merger of Radiohead, Muse, and Syd Barrett. For the most part this disc is mellow, most of the songs have the same tempo and all have a gloomy sound to them, but there is a splash of crunch on a few tunes. At first this didn t floor me, probably because I wasn t listening close enough. But if you re patient this is a really good disc and maybe not that mellow either. What do I know? Check it out.