Neverending White Lights' Act II: The Blood and the Life Eternal is my choice for album of the month. The album is the follow-up to Act I: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Body, which featured colloborations on every track, minus the opener, with the likes of Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace), Scott Anderson (Finger 11) and Jimmy Gnecco (Ours). It also featured the amazing track, Grace featuring Dallas Green of Alexisonfire, a song which dominated Canadian radio in 2005.
If you have never heard of Neverending White Lights here's what you need to know in a nutshell: 1. NWL is fronted by Daniel Victor; 2. He is Canadian. (Let's here it for Windsor, Ontario); 3. This is not a band, it's a project; 4. While songs feature a different singer for each, Victor plays all of the musical instruments.
Act II is no different than its predecessor, as it features a handful of singers collaborating with Victor. Some of the notable artists include Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, Auf der Maur), Rob Dickenson (Catheerine Wheel), Sune Rose Wagner (The Ravonettes) and Aqualung. It is also just as dramatic and melodic as Act I. The first single Always has already hit Canadian airwaves and is a terrific choice to remind people just what Neverending White Lights had to offer in the first place; romantic, rich, textured songs.
Neverending White Lights seems to be one of Canada's little secrets. But I think it's time we let everyone in on it. If you like your rock with a little bit of ambiance, this album is for you.
Tracklisting
1. Theme From The Blood and the Life Eternal
2. Dove Coloured Sky (feat. Jimmy Gnecco of Ours)
3. The Living (feat. Coury Palermo of Lynden)
4. The World Is Darker (feat. Auf Der Maur)
5. My Life Without Me (feat. Mat Joly of Mobile)
6. Miss World
7. The Warning (feat. Jonathan Bates of Mellowdrone)
8. Always
9. Where We Are (feat. Rob Dickinson of Catherine Wheel)
10. Black Is The Colour of My True (feat. Lexi Valentine of Magneta Lane)
11. Bleeds To An End
12. Nothing I Can Save
13. Distance (feat. Aqualung)
14. Last Of The Great Lovers (feat. Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes)
15. Warding Off The Spirits (feat. Hawksley Workman)
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3 comments:
amazing!!!!!!!!!!! 6 stars out of 5
Awesome CD, but I still liked their first one better. But overall, an awesome buy!
Good words.
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