An enchanted Englishness transforming routine observations into something romantic and fascinating, Alba Nova possesses a whimsical ability to look beyond the obvious.
‘The Stranger and the Streetcar’ is an almost perfect taster of Alba Nova’s sound albeit for the climax of the track. Something that was intended to sound epic fails to deliver and sounds embarrassingly similar to Evanescence, spoiling the first 3 minutes.‘Damouettes’ offers an example of poetic charm and passionate song writing. The track attempts to gain clarity over a lost love with Hollie Martorella and Guy Mankowski portraying the protagonists in the song.
‘Lights, Camera, Heartbreak’ attacks the media hungry world of supermodels in fur and black veils who ask "love me for a second". Fanciful violin playing and a driving baseline through the chorus make this song sound how the first was meant to. ‘She Drew the Blinds’ is the strongest track of the E.P. and the sliding acoustic guitar heightens the sense of dreaming back to a romance that "just dissolves in familiar scenes."
Vocals similar to Billy Corgan stand at the forefront of this E.P. and with an improved production behind the songs Alba Nova could be an important band of the times.
