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Review

After a lifetime of nightfall and foggy moonlight, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness creeps out of the shadows with their long-awaited full-length debut, "Fear Is On Our Side". Produced this time around by Paul Barker ( Ministry, Revolting Cocks ), the record is more sadness than joy with Christian Goyer’s lonely lyrics and hauntingly echoed guitar persuaded by Edward Robert’s chorused basslines. The sound is coaxing and familiar, Ernest Salaz’s textured guitar melodies alternately subtle and entrancing, then howling and anguished. From opening tragic tale "The Ghost", the five-piece echoes past ages and foretells the future. Powerful layers rip through the silence, bonding strength and longing with the weight of a sigh. Reminiscent of latter-era Talk Talk, with the introspection also comes passion. "According To Plan" throbs and gristles through Tim White's pulsating beats that insist on movement. Originally electronically recorded for an Artikal Records 12", the track comes alive here, just as tight as on the original but even darker. Mixing lulling instrumentals ( "The Owl" ) with epic storytelling ( "Today We Choose Faces" ), this act breaks out of genre-specific moulds.

Format

CD

Tracklisting

01. The Ghost
02. According To Plan (click to listen)
03. Lights
04. The Owl
05. Today
06. We Choose Faces
07. Last Ride Together
08. At Last Is All
09. Long Walk
10. Fear Is On Our Side
11. Untitled
12. If It Was Me

Record Label

Secretly Canadian

Release date

3rd Apr 2006