LN – Drawn By Swans
Label: Velvet Blue Music
Style: Indie, Slowcore, Dream pop
Released: 2005
My Grade: 4.5 stars
AMG: n/a
Sounds like: Low, Mogwai, Hammock


LN crafts some of the most hauntingly beautiful music this side of forever. Everything in the EP bleeds of striped down, lovelorn emotion, painful perfection and utterly beautiful art – because this music is so much more then just sound.

The brainchild of prolific songwriter Gary Murray, whom everybody should know and love for his amazing talent in releasing one amazing album after another. There seems to be no chance of him slowing down this side of death, and the beauty he has created is very nearly unmatched in current indie music circles. “Novemberland” opens the disc with a hushed piano, drawing your heart out slowly in preparation of the entire album; “The Ocean Plays The Saddest Songs” continues to caress the wind and Murray’s earthy vocals tickle the world while allowing the album to slowly build in precision and accuracy. Imagine a raindrop falling from the sky, building itself up to break upon the ground with the lightest collapse and you will have an idea of what I am talking about.

The album continues to cradle life with “The Highway Moves Tonight” and truly gives Murray’s earth toned vocals a chance to shine inside music so delicate the slightest whisper might crack it apart.

“End of The World Again” and “American Love Stars” close out this short and devastatingly haunting EP with more emotionally stripped heartache. This is the kind of music that will last forever in a timeless state, never really fitting in but floating about the world in hushed reverence.


Reviewed by: Samuel Aaron

Official Website: kliqger.com/thebandln (Unofficial Site)