The Invisible - The Invisible (2009)

Genre : Indie,Art-Rock,New-Wave,Experimental GOOD!!
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Tracklist

1. In Retrograde
2. Constant
3. Passion
4. London Girl
5. Baby Doll
6. Monsters Waltz
7. OK
8. Jacob And The Angel
9. Climate Revelation
10. Tally Of Souls
11. Spiral
12. Time Waits

For too long, perhaps, the UK has looked to ape its US cousins in all musical fields save for mundane, middle-of-the-road indie (which we do ever so well).

But glimmers of a revolution were evident in 2008 – the Late Of The Pier album, for example – and now this debut offering from London trio The Invisible dares to emerge with a singular voice, loud and proud from rooftops usually dwarfed by towering skyscrapers.

Dissecting the sound this three-piece conjures is a process that no pleasure can be gleaned from; better to let the myriad constituent elements work their magic, as so expertly weaved are they that each track seems to stand alone as a statement of purest intent in its own right. As such one could present the argument that ‘The Invisible’ doesn’t wholly hold up as a coherent album, a single piece of audio art; but the counter comes quick: aren’t most debut albums fractured affairs?

So the criticism holds little water, and besides, while there’s not necessarily a bridge between each and every one of these twelve tracks, a connection that represents a passage from piece to piece, the band’s sound is one entirely unique to them. So, while opener ‘In Retrograde’ – all initial understatement and gently building percussion – bears little aesthetic similarity to the dizzyingly anthemic ‘Monsters Waltz’, the presence of Dave Okumu’s great voice and underlying sensibilities of control and precision over showboating cockiness (believe, these three are highly skilled musicians) ensures a thread of sorts passes from one to another. Styles dance blindly with one another – dub, electro, straight-up radio-friendly indie-rock. But always these bedfellows settle down soundly, little marriages that last.-http://www.clashmusic.com