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Lycanthropy

Patrick Wolf

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Quite simply the finest album I have ever heard

I was walking home from a friends house at around midnight, about a month ago. It was silent, save for the drone of passing cars and I was casually listening to my iPod on the album shuffle feature. And then this came on. It was like discovering music for the first time.

Up until that point I'd been quite dissapointed with Lycanthropy, preferring the Magic Position so much more. Before Lycanthropy I tended to listen to the first five seconds of a song and if it didnt impress by then I'd move on. After Lycanthropy I listened to albums from start to finish, trying to find one so gloriously complete. That is the only way this album can be played, as one, seamless 50 minute song. Though I must say Paris is a personal highlight. If you make the mistake of giving songs on here five seconds to impress you it just wont work. Paris for example has a superficially ugly intro before diving into gorgeous lush strings and then into an almost d'n'b style breakdown. The intros dont work unless you've heard the track before it, that's the genius of mr wolf and this album.

So, in summary, I recommend you get this album, forget about it and let it catch you unawares. Preferably dawdling around at night

The best album I have ever bought

I could hands down recommend this album. It's exciting and vibrant, but also really beautiful. This is constantly on play on my iPod! Personally, my favourite is Paris, but please give it a go!

The Start of Something Special

I don't write many reviews on itunes, usually because theres always enough to give someone a better understanding of what they looking at, however, on this occasion, after i found out there was only one review for this, i felt it was my duty to write about, from my point of view, a simply astounding debut album from Patrick Wolf, although at first it may sound like a discordent mess, what with its slighty unorthodox mixture of folk and electronics, after a while it grows on you and then it simply demand your attention, The introductory prelude some what sets the tone with its haunting flute and wolf howls, although it dosen't instantly grab your attention, it paves the way the way for wolf song, which gives the listener their first cry form Mr Wolfs soul, with its barritone ukelele, irish drums, and violins, coupled with his superb lyrics, "swallow your pride and walk with us through the trees and hills oh yes! your english eyes they are turning red", leave you listening in awe, espically when you come to learn that he wrote This song when he was only 11. By Contrast, Bloodbeat is quite the opposite, with it pulsing electro beats, conjoured together on a laptop, dominates your soul for next 3 and a half minutes, the chanting of "My blood beats black tonight!" ringing in your ears, and To The Lighthouse mixes both folk and electronica for the first time, with Patrick's remenising about his childhood, giving a wonderful imagery and the standout song in my opinion. Then the pigeon song takes a slighty different tone, being qutie easily the most emotionally filled song so far, its quite an odd sensation, listening to this straight after such energised songs, The accordian, coupled with Patrick singing about his experiences, living rough after being supposedly kicked out of his house, is something not to be ignored. Straight after that We're back to the electronically charged Don't Say No, Although it first starts off with simple yet slighty dark first verse "I used to say just follow your heart But my heart always led me in circles and i used to say just follow your dreams but my dreams always led me to murder", It then breaks out into a more mature but still electronic frenzy, While The ChildCatcher instantly distingushes itself as the darkest song on this LP, With Wolf's slightly disturbing tale of a friends painful experience, "I'm gonna be your right of passage, so boy you better spread, spread em" Demolition, is easily the most laid back song, which, sadly, because of it slow paced nature, leaves it feeling out of touch with the rest of the LP, Although that dosen't mean its a particualy bad song, London and Paris might sound similar on paper at first, but the two couldn't be more different, while london is composed using Partick Wolfs array of Acoustic intrusments and nothing else, Paris is something else, although it may start with the echoing sympthony of two violins, it quickly explodes into a dark, chilling tour de force of a song. The only downsides to this debut are of Peter Pan and Lycanthropy, Peter Pan feels even more out of place than demolition, while Lycanthropy feels a bit mismatched and sligthly misguided, A Boy Like Me, although seemingly odd at first, has definate charm to it, with Wolf proclaiming "And a boy like me, should shut those books join the army!" referring to his troubled times at school, And finally, Epiloque providing a moving finale to the end, and also perhaps to sign of things to come from young Wolf. To sum up, I recommend anyone to buy this album, it has so much depth and character to it, not becuase Patrick's been writing it since he was 11, but because it has so much to offer, You might have to listen to it two or three times to fully understand it, but once you let it get under your skin, you won't be able to stop listening to it.

Biography

Born: 1983 in County Cork, Ireland

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '00s

Violinist/singer/songwriter Patrick Wolf began experimenting with sound at the age of 11. While his peers were exploring the frivolity of youth, the precocious preteen was dabbling in four-track recording, eventually building an arsenal of instruments that included junk-shop organs and a home-built theremin. At the age of 14 he joined the pop-art collective Minty, a venture that caught the eyes and ears of Fat Cat Records, which went on to supply the youth with a computer and mixing tools for aid...
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