Empire of the Sun - Walking on a dream

Look, i know you're suprised that i would download this album. I was too. But i have to like you're at a beaadmit i quite like all the Empire of the Sun singles that i have heard so i thought i'd give this album a go. And, due to the non-australian nature of the MP3 site i download from opportunities for local music are rare so that gave me another reason. Overall, i'd have to say i was pleasantly suprised. The album starts with the three radio singles 'Standing on the Shore', Walking on a Dream' and 'We are the people' and a fourth equally good track in 'Half Mast' possibly the best on the album. It's a strange album, a concept album of sorts, there's a tropical, eastern feel to the album, almost seaside ambience, with a very similar sound and concept to Chicane's year 2000 Album 'Behind the Sun'.There's also a homage to 80's space synth pop throughout the album with various well known 80's synth lines, not so much sampled as re-imaged within a number of songs. Lead singer Luke Steele's voice ranges from Bowie to Gary Numan to Gene Ween, whilst the music slides between the 80s' hooks, the ambience of Air and catchy dance pop similar to EOTSs second collaborator Nick Littlemore's other band Pnau. And i apologies for that being the worst constructed sentence of all time, but it's late and i want to go to bed.