catalogue

DESPERATE JOURNALIST

IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS (FIERCE PANDA)

DESPERATE JOURNALIST - IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS 130951
format:
1 LP
release:
22.02.2019
label:
FIERCE PANDA
item ID:
130951
barcode:
5023903282552
180g heavyweight black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. Much-loved indiegoth dreamboats Desperate Journalist return to the thoroughly frayed musical fray with their third album `In Search Of The Miraculous'.

Propelled along by Rob Hardy's startlingly lush guitar and empowered by a frankly cracking chorus from singer Jo Bevan lead single `Cedars' sees the quartet (see also: drummer Caz Hellbent and bassist Simon Drowner) further hone their sensitive-yet-crushing alt.rock sound, relishing the old school DIY dynamics but never afraid to magic up a shiny modern melody or three, and then always willing to cast a shadow over that sheen.

If the album title conveys a sense of wide-eyed ambition then the music on `In Search Of The Miraculous' fits the plot perfectly, featuring ten tracks fizzing with creative passion, giant choruses, heroic solos and poetic intensity.

Warning: this album contains love songs, anti-love songs and other songs wandering about, lost in an in-between-daze.

It's a bit complicated.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. MURMURATION
  • 1.2. CEDARS
  • 1.3. JONATAN
  • 1.4. INTERNATIONAL WATERS
  • 1.5. ARGONAUTS
  • 1.6. BLACK NET
  • 1.7. OCEAN WAVE
  • 1.8. GIRL OF THE HOUSES
  • 1.9. SATELLITE
  • 1.10. TO BE FORGOTTEN