New London Grammar

[Jimbo]

The first LG album "If You Wait" was very good indeed and introduced a fantastic vocalist -Hannah Reid but I have just listened to their new album "Truth is a beautiful thing" and found it very disappointing. Monosyllabic and bereft of new ideas. Great voice but woeful compositions.

Anyone enjoying it?

[CageyH]

It's ok, it is not as haunting as "If you wait"

[dantheman91]

Love it - gave it a spin this afternoon..:)

[jandl100]

No new ideas.
In fact less inspired than the 1st album, by a fair old way.
Hannah Reid seems less involved and impassioned this time round. Which is a shame as she has a great voice.
Maybe it will grow on me.

[Minstrel SE]

Loved the first album so hope I dont find this new release to be disappointing

[ianlenco]

I got the deluxe vinyl version on release day. First thing that struck me was production quality was way better than the first album where Hanna's voice could occasionally get a bit edgy. First listen or two I had similar thoughts to some of the comments above but it's a real grower which in truth was for me the case with the first album.

[karma67]

bollocks! ive just bought a copy to dip my toe :(

[CageyH]

Fora can be expensive places at times. :eyebrows:

[karma67]

tell me about it! lol
im listening to the new london grammar lp now,its not bad at all,sounds lovely but then ive not heard the 1st lp.

[karma67]

weirdly ive just got the first album and prefer the second,perhaps it will grow on me?

[Minstrel SE]

Theres really something about them where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. I find their music very moving. Ive sampled the new album and it sounds very good and worthy of a purchase.

I love Hannah Reid.....some glib comparisons have been made with Judie Tzuke and others but this is better than anything Tzuke did ( Im not a fan of Tzuke even though I had a brief phase when much younger and immature :))

It feels modern, contemporary, deep and refreshing. Im not searching for any clever words...I just like it

[Shadowbox81]

I think both their albums are very good but found that the second one is a bit of a slow burner and needed a few spins before I started to like it.

[Jimbo]

The first album was so good it was inevitable it would be hard to match.