Release Date: 26 June 2006
Label: Outstanding Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060079900088
Genres: Rock  
Release Date: 26 June 2006
Label: Outstanding Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060079900088
Genres: Rock  
Description
A healthy regard for John Barry, a love of Scott Walker and a willingness to explore the darker side of beats culture give Veldt a distinct place on the musical map. Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Lloyd Wadey, guitarist/producer James Waterland and 'cellist/keyboardist Mike Alexander combine to create a textured, brooding sound, evocative of the melancholia-tinged urban landscape which their lyrics reveal - a world of paranoia and self-doubt, of obsessive desires and failed ambitions, of endless mornings full of regret... yet shot through with tantalising glimpses of hope.
"One spin of Veldt's gorgeously multi-orchestrated mix of John Barry/Scott Walker - sweeping strings, moody tremelo guitar and spacious Morricone-esque soundscapes - and I'm skipping through fields and thanking God for the gift of life - only with a stone in my shoe. The dark lyrics of the catchy chorus: "I'm walking in silence through the pain of her resurrection / I love the shadows the world she never mentions", mesh with the Portishead-like zither, to add shades of mystery, even mournfulness. But the glorious orchestration - helped along by a Fender Rhodes, oboe and cello - stretches the emotions from dark troughs to dizzy heights. So remember Veldt - sounds a bit like svelte, which describes them well: polished and graceful with a sprinkling of urbanity." - Glasswerks
Tracklisting
The Pinker Tones
Veldt
Mr. Solo
The Pinkertones
Mr. Solo
The Verlaines
Noctorum
As December Falls
As December Falls
Various Artists
Unwritten Law
The Octopus Project
The Michael Schenker Group