Play 90 second soundbite of 'Sleep Deprivation' @ 'CD quality'
The Servant manage to keep 'How To Destroy A Relationship' very much on a 'what you hear you'll get live' basis and that's pretty unusual nowadays; with so much technology available, too many bands over-use and abuse the facilities and end up recording something that's purely a blatant studio work and totally impractical in the live scenario. That's certainly not the case with 'How To Destroy A Relationship' - this, in its entirety, is definitely transferable to the 'stage'.
'How To Destroy A Relationship' shows great writing and, almost uniquely, a musical vision that's sensibly and realistically constructed to allow the listener every chance to get into the songs for what they are rather than be pounded by unnecessary and all too often over-blown arrangements; 'How To destroy A Relationship' is so just well proportioned and beautifully handled. And, that same vision of The Servant works very much in their favour and should set them apart from most of their contemporaries.
Even on the first play, 'How To Destroy A Relationship' by The Servant stood out as being different and its accessibility was obvious. As the album unfolded I could feel myself being more and more drawn into The Servant's musical scullery. With plenty of easy hooks and its simple clarity, 'How To Destroy A Relationship' pretty much blew me away. As first I played it low and then I turned up the db's and let it rip and I have to say it worked brilliantly at both settings but was particularly good when loud; once again the stripped-down nature of the work allowed me to get lifted by volume but didn't give me ear-ache through instrumental confusion. Really good work this - perhaps more bands should take a good look at what The Servants are doing here. Great songs plus, talented musicians and thoughtful attention to detail make 'How To Destroy A Relationship' one hell of a great album and one that I'll be givin' some welly for some time yet.
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