Unconditional Arms - Virtue
Circle (GIANT MKT)
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| Unconditional Arms - Virtue Circle |
Release Date: 29th April 2014
I reviewed the album by
Unconditional Arms a while back and was acutely aware that the album had been
written by a new father to his young son. A few months on and along comes a new
7" single, tempered by fatherhood, under the title 'Virtue Circle' and
suddenly I'm worried. You see, in around 6 months time I too am going to become
a father for the first time and if the sounds that are featured on this record
are representative of the mental state of new dads then I'm screwed. I'm
reading the books and I've watched Knocked Up a load of times but the ambient
sprawl of opening track 'Bear Fruit' shifts from gentle electro landscapes to
jerky, guitar lead trip-hop-indie with such alarming ease that I'm seriously
concerned for my sanity. Is this was sleep deprivation does to a musician? The
B-side, 'Son, Daughter, Daughter', is a much more gentle affair, thankfully.
Dusky guitars mingle with spoken-word lyrics that are just out of reach and I
can feel the calm returning until...on about two minutes so big drums and razor
edged guitar playing cuts through the peace as a bass line grinds ominously in
the background. If this is what having children does for your creativity then
I'm surprised more musicians haven't eschewed the drugs and settled down in a
Bungalow with three kids. Having said that, I'll reserve judgement until I get
to see what impact it have on my writing!
More information: https://www.facebook.com/unconditionalarms?fref=ts
Live Dates:
31st May - Sub-mission Art Gallery, San Francisco w/ Wander
+ Commissure