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String Driven Thing - Suicide (Live in Berlin) Twenty years on and one of Scotland's most brilliant rock bands is back on the road again, remarkably untarnished and sounding sharper and more impassioned than ever. Always an outfit that pushed the limits of live energy, this concert recording in Berlin is a band positively smoking - and that after only a few days of rehearsals beforehand. Chris Adams remains an exceptional songwriter, Grahame Smith and exceptionally slick violinist; as the last title of the album's last track proclaims: "The Road Goes On!". Cult seventies folk/prog rockers String Driven Thing return to the recording arena with "Suicide", a live album recorded in Berlin this year that proves that old Scottish rockers like Frontman and Founder Chris Adam's don't die, they simply mature and gather their energies to revive their music with all the cranked up glory and supremely confident delivery that would stand alongside Fairport Convention or Jethro Tull's modern mastery of the folk-rock medium. They exhibit a darker side than the aforementioned acts producing both menace and tension in equal quantities, and this aligned to their superbly riff-laden driving power makes "Suicide" one of the finest 'come back' albums to appear for years. The recording perfectly captures the spirit and strength of an act sounding as much at home in the nineties as they did in their heyday, and offers incredible promise for the live experience. The only downer is, although you're treated to three archive tracks, I would have loved to hear a load more - that said, it weighs in at nearly one hour. Sunday Times "`To See You` sounds like Bob Dylan" |