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Coheed And CambriaGood Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Equal Vision/SonyBMG To describe Coheed And Cambria as "complicated" is an understatement. I could fill a page explaining their songs, their world, the fact that their albums are basically a soundtrack for a movie that exists only in the comic books and mind of front man Claudio Sanchez. In fact, I could try and explain the theories and interpretations of their lyrics, throw in some of my own opinions and probably fill an entire issue of dB Magazine. But I won't. For those who don't know Coheed, I'll recommend you listen to them, get every single one of their albums and trawl the online message boards so you can catch up and understand what's actually going on. For those already in the know, 'Good Apollo...' continues the Coheed and Cambria story from The Writer's point of view. Oh, and Apollo is evidently a dog. You'll understand. Musically, 'Good Apollo...' is Coheed's greatest triumph by far. Now that Equal Vision have had the grace to pass them over to Columbia, the band finally have the opportunity to record and sound the way their music needs to be. This new album is perhaps their most epic, occasionally touching base with songs on the previous albums (The Suffering definitely causes flashbacks to earlier Coheed, but I trust that it's meant to). The band's sound is quite varied too: album opener Keeping The Blade is an incredible string arrangement, a familiar tune sweeping over you like an old friend. Always And Never is possibly one of the most beautiful songs written in the history of the world ever, and leads into Welcome Home - a song that is going to be incredible live. But the story isn't over yet. Before Coheed and Cambria are done, we're still promised part two of the third installment of the trilogy (Sanchez is adamant about his "four part trilogy"), as well as an album that will serve as a prequel. And perhaps then they'll tackle a whole new world and story with the album after that. I wouldn't be surprised, 'cause the band are only just getting warmed up if 'Good Apollo' is anything to go by.  |
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