Longwave
Secrets are sinister

With this latest work at the end of 2008, "Secrets Are Sinister," New York's "Longwave" make their supreme effort to reach the mainstream audience.

Carefully arranged and opening track "Sirens in the deep Sea" was intended by the group to become a hit on US radios (certainly never on Italian ones).

It is that kind of somewhat "power" music for which I've always had a soft spot due to the bass which is omnipresent and indeed powerful.

For those unfamiliar with them, they have been likened to both "Interpol" and "National"; in fact, the sound of "Longwave" is a believable evolution of Interpol's intuitions. The comparison to "National" is apt as well and can be felt clearly in tracks like "Shining Hours" and perhaps also "It's true". Personally, however, I prefer this work by Longwave to Interpol.

Therefore, it is among all Longwave's works the most direct and catchy. Which at my place isn't always a defect.

A must-listen album that will invite discovery of their previous works.

That's all, I would say.

Enjoy listening.

Alex