For those already familiar with EITS, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care may not be bringing anything earth-shatteringly new to the table. However, that in no way detracts from its beauty. In fact it may well be a wonderful thing that this apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Why mess with a good thing, right? For those not familiar with these sonic soundsmiths, welcome to a gorgeous introduction and amazing album.
Take Care, Take Care, Take Care is a lot like March. In like a lion and out like a lamb. Opener and album standout, "Last Known Surroundings", comes on strong and plays like frantic look back (or forward) through a life bright with color and joy, speeding you along faster and faster to an ultimate conclusion. The next five tracks follow EITS' well travelled road of long, lush, atmospheric builds that culminate in the grand explosion of sound we know and love. Again, nothing ground-breaking, but still beautiful. Halfway through album closer, "Let Me Back In", EITS seem poised to take us home to an ecstatic, triumphant finish, but instead finish in a fairly anticlimactic fade out. Sort of like jogging a few yards after a hard-run race.
This is a beautiful album and definitely worth picking up. It is as blissfully rich and full as you are likely to find anywhere in Explosions' catalog and will not disappoint.
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