Aqualung
Still Life

THE REVIEW

I don't know about you,
for me there are some albums that change according to the mood I’m in when I listen to them.
One of these is "Still Life," the latest by Aqualung, who is actually Matt Hales, a young Brit with a love for Jethro Tull.

I'm in a bad mood, it's raining:
This guy took the Coldplay piano and Thom Yorke's voice and drowned them in molasses until they suffocated! Songs way too catchy and slick, you hear them once and you can already hum them. And those lyrics: love so perfect you can't believe it, eternal love, love why did you leave me, love I have a broken heart. Bleah, overdone and clichéd. An example: "Darling believe, you're closer than everyone has ever been, oh baby don't leave me alone I'm yours for eternity, you hold the 7 keys to my soul" Oh please... all heard a thousand times before! There it goes, launched onto the shelf of wrong purchases.

I'm in a state of grace/dementia/yearning (morning, with the flannel pajamas):
Mmmmh look, here it was... but in the end this album is beautiful, listen to how sweet this piano is... the strings... an oversized emotional shower, it's just what I need. And those lyrics: "You talk in your sleep, I hear you say beautiful things, I love you, I do, You know that I do" Sigh... It's true, it may not be very original, but it's sincere. The voice is beautiful too, delicate, fragile, and sentimental... I give in, yes, and isn't it in banality that we feel reassured? Maybe, who knows, but today I'll take it with me for a bit, like a soft scarf.