... an album that, save a couple of weaker links (‘Angel’ and ‘Just A Ride’) is hard to fault. Thank god Peace are back, and on breathtaking form.
“Any idiot could sing it in a song… so sing it,” goes sprawling closer ‘Choose Love’, just one of many smirks of a line on the record that shows Peace know just what they’re doing. And on ‘Kindness Is The New Rock And Roll’, they’re doing it very well indeed.
Though harbouring disparate aesthetics, KITNRAR’s overarching narrative is one of positivity, and sanguineness, linking each track thematically, if not sonically. And while its bombast certainly feels like Peace graduating into the realms of rockstardom, its message is one that suggests a lack of the ego that traditionally goes with it. A stunning return.
The middle run of extremely telling and well-polished tracks (From Under Liquid Glass, Magnificent and Angel) manages to balance the otherwise banal set of tunes the rest of Peace's comeback album has to offer.
By far their best album, good on them considering the dumpster fire of happy people. The absolute best songs are Power, You Don’t Walk Away, shotgun Hallelujah, magnificent. So freaking good. Other songs are okay as well, I didn’t even hate them. The world slept on their third album when it was the only one worth staying up for
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