It is hard to deny that C Duncan\u2019s debut effort Architect<\/i> is a breath of fresh air. He deserves high praise for what he has done here, and how he has achieved it. <\/p>\n
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Duncan has taken the type of music that the many hip indie bands inspired by gloomy dreampop sensibilities would create, and he has given it full-on choral treatment. This peculiar music style of Duncan\u2019s is gentle and has the comforting feel of a warm sweater. Now, a sweater might feel cozy and warm, but it doesn\u2019t always necessarily make a great fashion statement. However, unlike an ugly sweater that one might receive as a Christmas gift, Duncan totally rocks it with his \u201cnicey-nicey\u201d music outfit.<\/p>\n
Architect<\/i> is an album that has songs like \u201cGarden,\u201d \u201cHere To There\u201d and \u201cBy,\u201d which are your typical dark and catchy numbers that could be found on any of the numerous ethereal indie records out there. Given how superb these tracks are, they would probably make great candidates for highlights on any other indie album, and they do on Architect <\/i>as well. However, when you consider the diametrically opposite facet of this album, consisting of tracks like \u201cSilence And Air,\u201d \u201cHe Believes In Miracles,\u201d \u201cFor,\u201d \u201cSay,\u201d and \u201cArchitect,\u201d you need a totally new \u2013 and much higher \u2013 bar of rating. These are the songs in particular where Duncan totally unleashes his folksy choral hymn-like style, and they are the ones that are sure to bring a tear to one\u2019s eye with their aching beauty, featuring gorgeous melodies to Duncan\u2019s soft and tender vocal harmonies. <\/p>\n
The sentimental nature of the music on this record as a whole, combined with Duncan\u2019s crooning romantic vocals, give it a rather cinematic vibe, something that might befit a \u201choliday\u201d movie (\u201cI\u2019ll Be Gone By Winter,\u201d more than other songs, sure sounds like it should be in a Disney movie) \u2013 that is, if there ever was a movie of such ilk that wasn\u2019t as cheesy as the drivel that one usually finds in this particular motion picture category. Duncan\u2019s music sure sounds warm and comforting; at the same time, however, it is also dark and isolating, and Duncan plays this dichotomy to perfection, which is why this album is so amazing.<\/p>\n
The musical composition and vocal arrangements, combined with the overall production on this record, are just perfect. They seem almost too perfect for an album that was recorded by Duncan all by himself, at his home in Glasgow on his bedroom studio setup. Putting this fact in perspective, with the richness and musical depth of this album, it is impossible not to be in total awe of Duncan. This Scottish lad and his debut release are absolute treasures!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":32557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[9744],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-44353","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-c-duncan","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44353"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44353"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}