Mirror, Mirror, who is the fairest in the world? Oh, here the line might work just beautifully. Mirror Mirror by The Irrepressibles can be a great contender for the title of the fairest album.
Artist Jamie McDermott is the leader here, in this theatrical world called Mirror Mirror. His voice is seductive and a perfect match for The Irrepressibles musical setting. A voice so similar to the ones of Antony Hegarty and Colin Vearncombe. He and his crew
enchant the public with passionate songs that reveal various orchestrations, tempos and emotional charging, just like vivid characters from Shakespearean plays. From the start with My Friends Joe, an artsy and provocative description (both musical and lyrical), the album is set to impress.
Even with songs like the sweet, almost dreamy In Your Eyes or Anvil. The last one, a song that might seem a romantic and pretty funny assertion of the case but whose brief passages of Allegro tempo are noticeable nonetheless. Pieces like Forget The Past and My Witness hold the fire of passion or sort to speak, in this fantastic instrumental display. Whereas Splish! Splash! Sploo! embraces the more mockery side of a character. And the sequence The Tide – Transition Instrumental is quite an ear-blowing excellent artwork orchestration-wise.
With In This Shirt (the last song but not the least), you have a true example that the violin may be the most tragic instrument out there and, together with the organ, it completely fascinates and overwhelms. Now that is what I call a grand finale for an album that clearly screams theatre Tragedy. In the most artistically way possible, of course.
So without hyperbolizing unwisely what a band and what an album! Superb!
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