Anaemic Arch is Liverpudlian Daniel Cook, who describes himself, rather reluctantly, as a synth-songwriter. Certainly each song here has an emphasis on the electronic element. Cook himself is certainly no great shakes in the vocal department with his almost apologetic monotone, even choosing to digitise his voice for the tinny, disappointing ‘Colour Of Pleasure’.
However, there’s also much to enjoy here: the lovely keyboard melody for opener ‘Vacuum’, ‘Who Knows’ is reminiscent of mid-80s period Depeche Mode whilst the last song ‘Timeless’ meanders off into lots of different but tuneful tangents. Elsewhere, the political ‘Bonfire Night’ recovers from a start which uses far too many early 80’s effects before building into a hypnotic digital rhythm, ‘Break Point’ demonstrates that Cook can deliver quality electro-pop and for both this song and the subtle ‘The River, The Bridge’, he is clearly improving as a vocalist. There’s no doubt that as an album it’s way too long but with a bit of careful song selection, this would have been a very good start.
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