It really is a thing of beauty, and gets better with every listen; one of the surest signs of something that will ultimately be deemed timeless.
There's a rich vein of sparkly feelings to be mined on Shadow Of Heaven, and repeated listens are highly recommended - at first it may appear a dour tantrum, and though that's still present after a few plays, you begin to find and grab onto the fragments of hope and vague optimism.
The Shadow of Heaven is an incredible persuasive push for thoughtful guitar music, in an often vacuous mainstream.
In The Shadow Of Heaven, Money have unveiled themselves as an ambitious band, who owe a fair bit to the influences of the city they live in as well as the generations of artist who have been inspired to write thoughtful rock music there.
That sense of spirituality is more a feeling than a widely discussed theme; an atmosphere used to give gravitas and grandiosity to their compositions. What ‘The Shadow…’ does though, is play with your emotions.
They’re magical, not least in their ability to conjure that British combination of epic and vulnerable without recourse to fey wetness.
A new name, moving beyond the National and Editors boundaries. Not perfect, but at points so beautiful.
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