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Live Review: ALBUM REVIEW: Love Migrate 'Plagued Are All My Thoughts, Like White Ants In The Fence'

26 October 2012 | 9:00 am | Caitlin Medcalf

Love Migrate release a debut album filled with the dark pop ballads which the 5 very close friends have beautifully arranged.

Grab 5 of your closest friends, a brooding array of instruments and you have yourself LOVE MIGRATE. The Melbourne six-piece have been hard at work on their debut LP Plagued Are All My Thoughts, Like White Ants In The Fence. The LP is not only a definitive moment for the band, but a huge commendation and record of their journey together.

The LP features previous crowd favourites, “Little Kid” and “Making This Hard”, making it a familiar experience for those who have taken to LOVE MIGRATE previously. Their self-proclaimed “dark pop ballads” have been most beautifully undertaken. The six instrumentalists have extensively shone through within the tone and sound of the music. Layers upon layers of crafted percussion, guitars and orchestral instruments shine most noticeably in “What Kind Of Man Have I Become?”

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On the other hand, by sticking to their roots, “Galah Love” craftily showcases an array of typically Australian sounds. Their originality through guitar riffs, vocal combinations and the beautiful arrangement for the harmonica, fare for one powerful track. Similar in vocal authenticity and power, “Dirty River” holds, in my eyes, the most powerful arrangement on the album. The raw emotion conveyed through the male vocalist creates the “dark pop ballad” they so wished to achieve.

Ending on a dynamically eccentric track, the orchestral and harmonic features of “I Want You To Mend” absolutely holds summary to the definitive sound LOVE MIGRATE have instilled upon their first edition, and in short, have achieved a musically perfect balance of sounds.