Back in October I posted a preview of the new Roman Candle album, Debris. I wanted to sit with the album before I posted a proper review. In that time, I’ve listened to the record no less than ten times a week and feel like any overly enthusiastic review I give to it will do it injustice as to how great it really is. Hyperbole and gushing often gets in the way of legitimate endorsement.
The band has obviously grown in all respects from their prior albums and didn’t shy away from exploring new territory. The songs themselves find that great balance between feeling like third person storytelling and intimate personal revelations, between melancholy and uplifting and, most importantly, a balance between upbeat songs, ballad-y types, barn burning jams and weird esoteric dream explorations. Seriously, an album with this kind of diversity is more rare than you realize.
Anyway, I’m finding myself gushing too much already. My words aren’t strong enough to explain my enjoyment of this album and I don’t want to do it any injustice by playing it up too much. They did a great job and this should be on everyone’s 2013 Best Of lists.