Zero 7 - The Garden
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Music CD Cover Artist: Zero 7 Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2006-06-06 Music Label: Atlantic / Wea Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for The Garden Album
Free Music Review: Strange, but it grows on you
Hit: 4 Stars
At first I was a little disappointed with "The Garden". On first listening the album seems to lack that atmosphere that made the group's first two so great. The Garden is more popish, and definitely more experimental than either "Simple Things" or "When It Falls". Plus, Binns and Hardaker try out a number of different styles, from folk to gospel to jazz to imitation video-game music. But after a couple more times through the album grows on you. Underneath all the experimentation and new styles, the group is still doing what it does best - creating their trademark mood that's mellow, contemplative, and slightly sad.
The Garden is less coherent than either of the first two albums. In both Simple Things and When It Falls, you can listen to the entire album without ever being jarred from that mood they put you in. Unlike those first two, this album has a few tracks that seem just not to fit. The third track ("Seeing Things") sounds too much like a video game without much else going on, and the upbeat and uncomplicated "You're My Flame" clashes hard with the serious acoustic song that follows, "Left Behind". At other times the group sounds like it's trying too hard to show its range, like when it closes "The Pageant of the Bizarre" with acapella gospel music, or with the hokey folk lyrics in "Waiting to Die".
But through all the experimentation and changes of style and mood, Zero 7 still manages to put its stamp on the album. The Garden doesn't have as many gems as either Simple Things or When It Falls, but for the most part there is still that great harmonizing of dissonant chords that gives the group their unique sound. "Futures", "Throw It All Away", and "Today" are among the group's ten best songs to date, and only get better the more you hear them. If The Garden falls slightly short, it's only because expectations for the group are so high. Despite the flaws, this is still an excellent album.