Sol Invictus - In The Rain (Reissue) (2007)

GENRE..... Folk
LABEL...... Eternal Pride
MODE....... VBRkbps / Joint-Stereo
REL.DATE.. 15-08-2008

For all intents and purposes, this is the best Sol Invictus album. Tony Wakeford's voice and
guitar playing is accompanied by Sarah Bradshaw on cello, David Mellor on piano & keyboards,
Karl Blake on electric guitar and bass, Nathalie Van Keymeulen and Ce'line Marleix-Bardeau
on violins, Eric Rogers on trumpet and Nick Hall on drums and percussion.

This was the first Sol Invictus album with a mini orchestra, while everything previous to
this only had brief use of orchestral instruments. In fact the orchestral instruments make
it almost a full on orchestrated album since they generally blur out the guitar playing on
this album. At times these instruments provide a very beautiful tranquil feeling, whereas at
other times can be quite sad, and at other times present an extremely chilling feeling.

Another appealing characteristic about this album is the lyrics, which are easily the best
Wakeford has ever written. The lyrics seem to mostly deal with love or rather the lack of it
and all other things negatively relating to it. My favorite track from this album is
"Believe me", which has got to be one of the most haunting and depressing songs. The lyrics
are extremely touching and very disheartening, and when combined with this haunting
orchestral music and Wakeford's morose vocals the results are simply extraordinary. "And
without love we are lost, without love we are dust, believe me we are dust, without love we
lose our souls, and mine it left long ago, the gods above and gods below, believe me,
believe me- Similarly "In the Rain" is about a double betrayal in a relationship, "Fall like
rain" deals with humanity, "Oh what Fun" with suicide, and "An English Garden" is a bit hard
to grasp but still it's a brilliant song. As a whole the album is perfect from start to
finish, and is one of those albums that's so dark, frightening, and sad, that it's almost
impossible to find the correct words to describe it.

"In the Rain" truly reflects what a genius Tony Wakeford is for songwriting and composing
music. It's almost hard to believe one single person could compose such an amazing album,
but the proof is right here. Buy, steal, or download, but whatever you do make sure to hear
this album before you leave this world. "In the Rain" is easily the best neo folk album and
one of the best albums ever composed.

Tracklist:

01 europa in the rain (part 1)
02 stay
03 believe me
04 down the years
05 in the rain
06 fall like rain
07 oh what fun
08 an english garden
09 the world shrugged
10 in days to come
11 europa in the rain (part 2)
12 stay 2007 (exclusive version)

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