The approaches to orchestral, symphonic music, who have already indicated on the debut album, especially in the last 3 titles will be expanded and move it from the indie folk still a good bit further away in the direction of modern classical music. The 10 songs are carefully composed, refer to each other and get it through their in comparison to Hold this ghost still richer instrumentation in incredibly varied, lovingly detailed and constantly surprising arrangements each have their own unique sound world. More will not be revealed here, so that the newcomer has the opportunity to experience the album as intensely as I do, to have possibly overwhelm. At most, that From Shores of Sleep has fallen less melancholy in large parts than its predecessor. And that FSOs has this particular ease Fluffigkeit, elegance of the sound image preserved in all opulence, who had already won Hold this ghost and the music of Musee Mecanique of other reasonably similar supported bands like Bell Gardens or Hey Rosetta is different, who enjoy ever build a sound wall.
Almost painful to the listener is led before ears, how poor a large portion of what contaminated nowadays under pretense of music a lot of the pop charts and the popular radio waves. The Friends of minimalism will make this album not happy. More likely all those who have preserved a sense of romance, for daydreaming, and the like to be carried away sometimes for forty-five minutes of music in a different world. Because the melodies and harmonies set standards when it comes to musical beauty without suffocating in kitsch and icing.
If you heard a few times, the album and has also worked on the texts (only available on the Internet, the digipack is no booklet with), is one of gradually that From Shores of Sleep is actually a concept album, which set out to do has, with musical images from the world of the sea and seafaring trace nothing less than human existence, between dream (what some oblique metaphors in the lyrics explained) and reality, between calm and storm, between resistance and transience.
In any case, it pays to listen closely, the best on a good system via headphones. Of course you can also incidentally the album run, but that borders on waste. Depending on the mood I sometimes hear almost prefer the second, completely instrumental version, which discloses the arrangements and melodies in all their beauty, sophistication, opulence and playfulness.
Both albums of Musee Mecanique act a bit like fallen out of time, and therefore it may be assumed that they will still have many years of pleasure. Sorry, now the review is advised but not so short ...
