Reviews / Album

There are enough breakdowns, electronic stabs, furious drums and well-written lyrics scattered throughout Savage Seas to make this savage enough to feed anyone’s appetite.

The beat bangs. The chorus is a monstrous rallying cry. Avalanche, even as it ups the ante, is well worth a listen, too. There’s a lot to enjoy with this record, it’s just that some of it is a little obscured.

If you weren't interested before, you should be now.

Don’t let the repetitive arc of the first single from the album, Alive, fool you. The Empire are back, in all their grandiose glory.

As the album proves, heartache, it seems, suits Tunstall to a tee.