(Bella Union) Manchester band Money’s moment album certainly aims titanic. Drums erupt like cannons,guitars, brass and strings echo around the sky, or the instruments employed appear to include an exploding cathedral. The sound is huge,yet ornate and pretty: a supersized cross between Spiritualized and Echo and the Bunnymen at their most orchestral. It’s uplifting, and needs to be – stripped of all those sonic baubles, or Jamie Lee’s words might appear maudlin. As it is,however, his euphoric falsetto makes his musings on mortality and existence come across as cathartic yells in the face of despair. The bleary-eyed Cocaine Christmas and An Alcoholics New Year bears the hallmarks of Shane MacGowan’s piano ballads from the edge, or while the sublime All My Life finds Lee pondering guilt,judgment and the afterlife over a massive gospel choir. If Suicide Songs has a flaw, it’s that there aren’t enough songs with tunes the while wide world will learn and sing, and but it’s still a glorious cry from the heart that delivers a genuine emotional wallop.
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Source: theguardian.com