Build Me Wings So I Can Glide (Polythene - Feeder)

Member Name: rleigh

Product:	Polythene - Feeder
Date:	26/05/08 (75 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: An excellent album of music, fantastic from start to finish.

Disadvantages: I fail to think of any.

Released in 1997, 'Polythene' remains to be my favourite Feeder album right to this very day. From start to finish this album is absolutely excellent, always the music is packed full of energy and never is the sound created here anything short of exceptional. Feeder is a Welsh rock band that has been going now since 1992, 'Polythene' was the bands first full length studio album and comes complete with thirteen tracks totalling over 51 minutes of music. So many of the tracks impress hugely here, Feeder's debut album is a highly impressive one and certainly the music has plenty to offer.

Starting with 'Polythene Girl', immediately the album grabs you and not once does the sound created here fail to impress. The drumbeats are powerful throughout, the guitar riffs are absolutely excellent, and the vocal performance of Grant Nicholas never fails to make me smile. The album is incredibly well structured, the progression of the album is flawless and every element of the music here shines through strongly. 'Polythene Girl' has such an excellent chorus, right away the music makes an impact and always this piece of music is supremely strong. The power of the guitars truly is phenomenal here; this coupled with the quality of the vocals is without doubt what makes this track so strong. It's a hugely impressive opening track for the album, as Feeder progress through the rest of this release the music continues to shine and never is there a dull moment.

'Cement' is another strong track from this album, an impressive piece of music in all respects and one that is of course a highly powerful construction of sound. The lyrics are excellent here, well sung out by Grant Nicholas and ever impressively presented in the overall musical creation here. The drumbeats always have plenty to offer here, the guitar riffs are fantastic, and the bass lines also sound supreme. The track is just over three minutes in length and what a fine three minutes of music it is too. 'High' follows straight on from 'Cement' on this album, another excellent track and quite possibly my favourite from this album in fact. The lyrical presentation is powerful here, the guitars offer much to the music and the drumbeats also help progress the music here strongly. It is vocally where 'High' impresses the most I feel, the vocals are absolutely excellent in this track; so full of power and passion, the lines are sung out with real bite. The track is incredibly well put across by the band here, 'High' truly is a moving piece of music and to see the band play the track live is to hear this one at its very best.

With 'Crash' the power of the music of Feeder comes firing through once more, again the lyrics are excellent and the vocal performance is as ever exceptional. The track is raw, the music is passionate and the sound created is strong. The instrumental work is absolutely excellent, the way that the instrumental elements of the music combine together here with the vocal performance is fantastic and certainly this provides for a hugely entertaining listening experience. 'Radiation' is next up on the album, once more there is a great energy that runs through the music and always the sound is strong. The drumbeats are quite pleasantly put across here for the most part, the track has surges of power however and it is then that the music comes across most impressively.

'Stereo World' is another from this album that is a highly powerful creation of music. It is the guitars here that possess the most power and always the sound put across by the band is excellent here. Grant Nicholas is the Feeder guitarist, not only does his voice sound strong throughout this album but his guitar offerings to music also are excellent. 'Tangerine' is another track from this album where I feel that the guitar riffs are particularly well put across in the music, it's another heavy number and some excellent distorted guitar sounds can here be heard.

'20th Century Trip' is the track that is given the tough task of bringing this album to a close, I have to say that it does a good job however as this really is an excellent end to the album. 'Polythene' begins on a high and finishes on one also, '20th Century Trip' is a slow paced two minute offering that brings the album to a nice comfortable close. After such a heavy album of music it's nice to hear it all unwind at the very end, the track is well put across by Feeder here and although the pace has been slowed the quality certainly hasn't been lessened. A minimal approach to music is taken here, there's not much going on within the sound but the music that is put across most certainly is excellent. Some soothing guitar sounds are put across in the music here, the track is hugely atmospheric and always the instrumental presence of the music possesses a greatly beauteous quality.

'Polythene' is an absolutely excellent album of music, the sound created always has plenty to offer to the listener and not one of the thirteen tracks included here disappoint. 'High' is I feel the main highlight of this album, it's such a strong construction of music but then again many of the tracks included here are brilliant. So many of the tracks on this 'Polythene' album shine, always the guitar sounds created are full of energy and never is the vocal performance of Grant Nicholas anything but passionate. 'Polythene' is in my opinion the best album that Feeder has ever released, it's an incredibly strong album of music and included here are thirteen absolutely exceptional musical creations. For those that have ever heard and liked a Feeder track then I highly recommend giving 'Polythene' a listen, it's an extremely raw album of music and one that is both instrumentally and vocally impressive.

Summary: 'Polythene' is an album that I highly recommend listening to, the best Feeder album there is.