If I was to down tools and relocate to Dartmoor to film a low budget gothic horror flick with admirably high production values, I would attempt to enlist Esben and the Witch to provide me with an effective soundtrack. That they would be unavailable due to currently being flavour of the month with various tastemakers is not in doubt, but beneath the impressive veneer of their debut record there are few reasons to elevate the band to next big thing status. There are some starkly beautiful moments on Violet Cries with ‘Marine Fields Glow’ being a standout, but even dark records need a certain charm to lift them above the prosaic, and this has too little.
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