This is the first ever vinyl release for Sukilove.'s 2002 debut album, the Belgian bands album has been remastered by super busy Uwe Teichert who mastered the original album. The band are Pascal Deweze, Stoffel Verlackt and Pieter Van Buyten and a host of guests.
The album opens with the bruised chamber pop of Time To Go, the sorrow of parting now you are no longer together, searching soulful vocals set against a sparse acoustic backing.
Hang On has a few regrets, for the passing days, the shifting times, super restrained drums and keyboards, keeping the blue mood central, all your downbeat feelings pour out. The slow thought provoking outro is strangely moving.
Shame You Never Worry shifts in a G Love style into this story of love and loss, how nasty will the fighting get, you start throwing bricks, yet wonder why she doesn't worry about you, hmm. No wonder the guitars sound so off.
Computing Beauty that magical vision walking past you, you could never find a girl sweeter than her, the soppy dreams of finding the one you can love for all time, this slowly builds he wants her for all time, but will she love him in return.
Did You Ever Feel So Lonely you needed room reverberating acoustic bass, he is on his knees, hoping you'll help take his loneliness away, this is forlorn folk pop for lonely lovers everywhere, with a gorgeous violin coda and several false endings.
Just A Lazy Day for sitting in the sun, sparing acoustic guitar for one more carefree day doing nothing much, muted trumpets in the background.
The B side opens with Talking In The Dark something he misses doing with you, this is sparsely adorned acoustic strumming that eventually adds strings and has deeper feelings of missing you so much I Tried to cross the Beach Boys with the Divine Comedy.
As Long As I Survive Tonight is worried that everything is about to end, how to find a way to carry on especially when your broke, down and out, you just need to make it through the night and everything haunting him.
Unforgivable are those feelings of the sad sorrow of the end of your love, slow downtrodden late night emotions, admission of faults that may well be Unforgiveable, the trauma you created screwing around.
Please Don't Ever Change just don't forget him, he always wants to keep you, just as you were, the day he fell under your spell. The sad lament of the permanently jilted romeo.
Man (Ain't Man Enough) has a bluegrass intro to this song about why men don't cry, they are of course too butch, this lists a bunch of reasons while sounding like the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band.
The album closes with Good Blood Will Prevail a slow lament for Marilyn Monroe and other gods of the silver screen, angelic backing vocals and soft strummed acoustic loveliness like a soft pillowy landing.
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