Now It's Overhead - Fall Back Open

"Everything is coming unglued."
This album is over a year and half old, so why post a review now? For the same reason that I'll do any review of an older recording; it seems to have been overlooked.
Fall Back Open is not a happy record, but it's not really sad, either. It tugs on you, with simple melodies and Andy Lemaster's voice, which perfectly suits the arrangements. There's the sense of something angry, something passionate, boiling just under the surface of almost every song, lending the album a sort of tension that occasionally pushes past the edges of the song. That tension creates the atmosphere, and when it does creep to the surface it stays on your mind, building up over the course of the album with a cumulative, well executed effect. In an era where the long player album format has been declared dead (or has it?), this collection demands a complete listen to be appreciated.
Rating: straight.