Condition | Sealed |
Manufacturer | Netherlands |
Format |
2xLP, 180 Gram Black Vinyl, Reissue, Repress, Gatefold Sleeve |
Date of release |
2008/2015 |
Barcode | 888751118911 |
The key to its lush, pop-framed sonics could be in Caleb’s talk of how he wrote some of the record’s best cuts while under the influence of pain medication, prescribed after a scuffle with Nathan. This is a record that comes ringed in a sedative halo. At its best, it’s mirrored in the woozy, underwater-love sensibility that informs the magisterial likes of ‘Closer’, ‘Manhattan’ and ‘17’. But the flipside, a sense-numbed dissociation from empty anthemics, is what makes ‘Only By The Night’ sometimes seem underwrought and occasionally ploddy.