I have finished brett’s third solo work named Slow Attack which I was looking forward to hearing it for so long. The songs are mainly featured with woodwind-instruments, besides it have completely departed from brett’s trait, his stationary old sounds. However I was quiet confused after finishing the album. Brett Anderson absolutely transfered himself to something I cant recognize at all by composing these absolutely beautiful and melancholic melody.

Lets have a little flash back. Brett released his first solo album in 2007 which contained a notable song titled “love is dead” which is really impressive for me. The song sounds really dark and tragically heroic by the thoughtful string line, simultaneously reflected the darkest part of his mind. Then the second album “wilderness” is very plain, which is full of piano and string loop only. Brett has apparently became an indie singing songwriter. Moreover I still think that those post-suede songs are still Brett-style things.

But the third one “Slow Attack” is produced by Brett and his new partner Leo Abrahams in the winter of London. The album is like a pale dream, a withering flower, which is very atmospheric, but not as emotional as his previous works. I cant find any piece of scent of britpop sounds in “Slow Attack” anymore. The album perhaps is the most violent departure between Brett and his past. Certainly the most lovely one for me is “the hunted” which will also be the single. An implicitly sorrowful song that I have been listened for so long before the album is out.

Lately I discovered that Brett have done some tours in various South America Country like Chile and Lima. I found that Brett looks good, his performance is rock and vivid once again. He also did “The Hunted” in the show as well as he covered it to be a band version. I think it is even better than the album one, so does his costume. I better come back to the subject. The weather here have changed, atmosphere of the season is just like the emotion you can find in “slow attack”. Autumn is quite a complicated season, as if the album is simultaneously mixed with hopeful prettiness and beautiful melancholy.

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Slow Attack
Brett Anderson
B A Songs

Track Listing:

• 01. Hymn
• 02. Wheatfields
• 03. The Hunted
• 04. Frozen Roads
• 05. Summer
• 06. Pretty Widows
• 07. The Swans
• 08. Ashes Of Us
• 09. Scarecrow And Lilacs
• 10. Julian Eyes
• 11. Leave Me Sleeping

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