Surrounded - The Nautilus Years (One little Indian)
1/5
By: Charlie Potter
Bum. tss. ka. Tss. Bum. tss. Ka. Tss. Bum. tss. ka. Tss. Boring.
This album falls into the category of music that has been made by people. I might mean that in a really good way, like, 'this is just really good music', and it could be as simple as that. But unfortunately, this is about the most generic of miserable indie albums I have heard in a long time.
How anyone could get anything out of this is hard to imagine. Perhaps if I was really emotional and out in a park feeling whimsical, then this would be the best thing that I could listen to. But I'm not very nostalgic, and if there is a lot going on in my life I'm much more likely to get stressed and listen to some death metal than listen to something that makes me reflect on the way my life is going, and if I was going to do that, I would probably listen to some Malcolm Middleton, or just anything that I felt was actually trying to speak to me rather than something quite so apathetic, not to mention genuinely depressing. At least when you hear a singer going on about how terrible life is there is a sentiment usually present along the lines of 'these are the facts we just have to deal with them - your not alone in this feeling'. Yet this music seems just to slowly pour down with descending chord progression after descending chord progression to create the malaise.
However, there must be people out there that like this music, because bands like Surrounded keep getting signed. I guess it's just the kind of music for people who look like they've come straight from a Lenor advert. All they want is something nice.
The sparse drumming to me is painfully reminiscent of Simply Red, something I grew up with and don't really want to hear ever again in my life. There is not a single element in terms of the style that each musician is playing that is in the least bit original or lively. Though to be fair to Surrounded, The Nautilus Years is probably the right sort of album to listen to if your husband died about 4 months ago, although for that feeling I might go for some Pink Floyd, personally. But that's me - this is so simple and easy, it's the perfect thing if you don't want to think, you only want to cry, and want something without the even slightest bit of malice.
Artists in this article: Surrounded
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