Arco - Coming to Terms
(Dreamy)
I recently got the Driving at Night single, which was taken from this album. This was the first thing I had heard from Arco, and I was blown away. I mean, this was Pedro the Lion's turf, and I didn't expect anyone to come along and challenge it so convincingly.
Another song from this album was released as a CD single, "Alien." It's quite a bit busier and as a result, a little more upbeat. The rest of the songs don't quite fall short of these two, they just don't scream for your attention. Each song is a beautifully constructed ballad of loss and regret, with no rays of sunlight. My favorite song is one that was included on the "Driving at Night" single, "All This World."
This album has a handful of songs that are relatively forgettable, and a few that stick in your head for weeks. The low-key tone causes some of the songs to be ignorable, but it gives the other songs a power not often found in such simple surroundings.
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