My surreal connection with this album dates back to a time when for me music was nothing but vibrations and an escape route to everything disappointing and uneasy, muffling out negativity and nudging me back onto the path of comfort and closure. Plastic Beach served as the soundtrack to my teenage years, offering a song to go with any mood and setting, at some point this was all I listened to for weeks at a time.
Not only does it excel musically, it's powerful themes and atmospheric ...
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