Indisputable figment of truth, goodness, beauty

We are confronted every day with loud all adversities and are sooo glad that something is us again on the way, which is off close to perfect, the so generated an unclouded happiness.
At first glance you might be disappointed: waiting for so many years and then only 8 songs? But these 8 songs take of between 4 and 10 minutes, so that the complete works with 50 min duration is truly come not too short. And what of Damien everything has come up, to clothe his long-awaited new trinkets in noble robes sound! Mostly you could already as contemporary classical designate (-> "It Takes A Lot To Know A Man").
Damien Rice dominates like no other art to conjure up a complex facility arranged building diverse instruments and emotions from every rough draft. Since whispered almost inaudibly, as is two minutes loudly roared later as fantastic thoughts are brought into verse, because giving the whispering guitar and the powerful orchestra the jack in hand - you never know when and where we are heading. Sometimes Damien is no longer recognized by his voice, such as at the beginning of the outstanding final song "Long Long Way". First I was afraid, the single "I Do not Want To Change You" could perhaps be the only masterpiece of the full work, but no: all magnificently!
"Am I the greatest bastard that you know?" He asks in a lovely song. No, Damien, you're something else. You are one of the largest, and geschmackssichersten indiskutabelsten in a positive way music creators that I know. And I know a lot.