Nightingale is the debut album from Erland and the Carnival. This is definitely a headphone wearing kind of album, with lots of subtle musical things happening in the background. Simon Tong (Bassist from the former group The Verve) is one of the founding members of Erland and the Carnival. He offers his vocals to this album and does a pretty great job. My problems with Nightingale are that the album runs a little long and some songs are a little drawn out. It kind of feels like they bit off more than they can chew with this pretty ambitious album. In Nightingale there are glimpses of real talent and originality but it gets overshadowed by the occasionally overdone music. I think if they would have made this album 30-40 minutes long instead of an hour it would have been better. Nightingale is definitely worth a listen.
Final Review- 75
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