Shelter - Ascend (album review)
Jean-Michel Jarre, Wolfgang Fluer, The Human League and Shelter are all acts that we will see live this year and Shelter's brandnew album 'Ascend' will make the wait that much easier. Shelter – Ascend A gem **** Shelter’s new album ‘Ascend’ (out August 1 st ) is a much more mature yet still fun offering than their debut album ‘Emerge’ and both album titles are prophetic as they did indeed emerge and have truly ascended into a creative whirlwind and there seems no end in sight. One can hear many influences of cult synth acts such as early Depeche, Erasure, OMD and even some ‘Schlager-esque’ hooks in the vein of Modern Talking. That being said, they don't sound like any of the aforementioned acts and indeed have their very own style. There is a mellowness to the album that is very appealing and tracks like ‘Do you remember?’, ‘Home’ and ‘In the dark’ as well as the magical ‘Figaro’ are among the strongest on the album and carry Mark’s voice very well ...