The Flight 'The Sinner Inside'
EP Review
Henson and Smith go
right back to 2005, which saw them collaborate on the production of
an album for Joe’s then band Seventhsun. Since then, the pair has
been producing, composing, song writing - you name it. They have
worked with music industry giants including Lana Del Rey and newcomer
Chloe Howel, and even composed soundtracks for some of the game
industry’s biggest titles, namely Alien Isolation and Assassins
Creed. The duo encountered well-earned success with the release of
their debut record entitled ‘Hangman’, which featured guest
vocals from Keaton Henson, and landed a top 10 place in the Hype
Machine ‘Popular Chart’.
The band’s website
describes their ‘wildly divergent musical tastes’, and ‘The
Sinner Inside’ is no exception to this rule; the album takes us on
a whirlwind journey from pop through to folk, religion to love. The
title track showcases the breezy vocals of Alana Stewart, an American
singer-songwriter who features throughout much of the EP. Stewart’s
sound is effortlessly light, laced with an edge of profundity; she
woos us with her aching lyrics amidst mellow strings. The singer
tells of heartbreak and foolishness with the contagious lyrics ‘I
see my whole life was symptomatic, commonly tragic’, complimented
by delayed drum beats and light percussionist hits, rendering the
track easy and hypnotic; infectious, but not annoying. As the chorus
drives through, the tempo is upped and the song is given a roaring
kick. In true ‘divergent’ style, The Flight’s opening single
straddles genres of pop and alternative, in this unique combination
of ethereal choruses and atmospheric drums, all drawn together by an
overhead pop melody.
‘The
Idol and The Idle’ is the second track of the EP, a faster paced
and less poppy ensemble which shares a similar airy feeling. It moves
into folk-rock territory, carried again by Stewart’s raw lyricism.
She touches upon the unconventional music topics of God, religion and
the ethics of idolism, which steers the track firmly away from the
realms of pop that we can hear in the previous single. ‘Safe With
You’ retains a similar sentiment; it’s an acoustic based reverie
opened with soft guitar plucks and lazy vocals. The Flight throw in
an unpredictable twist to the close of their EP with ‘Ad Astra’;
it begins foreboding with a heavy alternating base, later lifted by a
crescendo of starlit chords – the track makes for an incredibly
atmospheric end to the album.
‘The Sinner Inside’
is set for release on 12th May via Apologetic Records;
it’s going to be a big one.
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