Painting of a Panic Attack (Deluxe)
The feelings of isolation and disenchantment Scott Hutchison suffered after moving from Glasgow to L.A. two years ago ring through his band’s fifth album. Co-produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner–who knows a thing or two about gently anthemic, adventurously textured alt-rock–*Painting of a Panic Attack* frames Hutchison’s anxieties within stately tapestries of soaring melodies, staccato rhythms, jagged riffs, and electronic flourishes. Venturing into shoegazing’s fluting hypnotics, the sweet sorrow of “Get Out” encapsulates the restraint that ensures everything here is emotionally charged without being overdramatic.
Formed in 2003, Frightened Rabbit established their reputation with ramshackle anthems of heartbreak and hangovers. With the National's Aaron Dessner behind the boards, their newest is more a sensible repositioning than a reinvention.
Formed in 2003, Frightened Rabbit established their reputation with ramshackle anthems of heartbreak and hangovers. With the National's Aaron Dessner behind the boards, their newest is more a sensible repositioning than a reinvention.
Dialing back the buoyancy and bombast of the celebrated trio of albums that preceded it, Frightened Rabbit turns to a more graceful sound on Painting Of A Panic Attack. This latest project finds the veteran Scottish band at its most somber and direct, with a dozen songs that trace the group’s way through existential…
Dialing back the buoyancy and bombast of the celebrated trio of albums that preceded it, Frightened Rabbit turns to a more graceful sound on Painting Of A Panic Attack. This latest project finds the veteran Scottish band at its most somber and direct, with a dozen songs that trace the group’s way through existential…
Scottish melancholy-mongers shows there's no sign of them giving in just yet with the fantastic Painting of a Panic Attack
Scottish melancholy-mongers shows there's no sign of them giving in just yet with the fantastic Painting of a Panic Attack
Album number five continues along the same subtle evolutionary path as its predecessor, on which the brothers Hutchison avowed to go back to basics
Album number five continues along the same subtle evolutionary path as its predecessor, on which the brothers Hutchison avowed to go back to basics
Sometimes two distinctly good-sounding things come together and don't quite synch like you wish they would. No matter how independently persuasive their formulas for musical emotiveness, there's always the question of chemistry when it comes to the first
Sometimes two distinctly good-sounding things come together and don't quite synch like you wish they would. No matter how independently persuasive their formulas for musical emotiveness, there's always the question of chemistry when it comes to the first
Let’s get this out of the way first: Frightened Rabbit’s new album ‘Painting Of A Panic Attack’ is exceptional. If major label
Let’s get this out of the way first: Frightened Rabbit’s new album ‘Painting Of A Panic Attack’ is exceptional. If major label