Album recommendation : The Home Guard – ‘Forlorn Hope and Glory’
Album recommendation : The Home Guard – ‘Forlorn Hope and Glory’
The typical sound of The Home Guard is unique and uplifting. And can be described as an indescribable mix of so many genres of music, so perfectly combined. Like; rock, progressive rock, Brit pop, folk, new wave and glam. This is what makes the The Home Guard “Homeguardish”..
The debut album A Head of Steam was a good album where they mainly sounded like Sparks, Elvis Costello, Roxy Music and Jethro Tull.
This album is a big step in the right direction from the first album, as the lyrics and songwriting skills has been improved. The same can definitely been said about the production, mixing and the quality of the music all over.
The intro has been inspired by the opening track, “Procession”, from Queen’s second album. The heartbeat sound followed by a progressive rock piece Year Zero, with some Jethro Tull influences, makes this to a good first impression of a follower album.
The next track, Sweating Blood is a typical indie rock piece (but still a song to take a notice of.) It got some good rhythms through the song and some synth beats that keeps it alive.
One For The Road show you a more happy Brit pop/rock piece of the Home Guard, the consistent bass through the song, combined with some heavily visits of a certain piano, makes this a strong track, even though the vocals aren’t among the best.
The next upbeat track is Soldier On, a great instrumental piece of work. With some great bass plays in the middle of the song, might make this the best mixed track on the album.
The last track; This is a classic and progressive ballade. Other People show you that the music to The Home Guard is more than just an average indie rock band. This is epic, and a genuine masterpiece.
