Full Review: Northern Room - Last Embrace [Deluxe Edition]

The corners of my mouth began to point up, and my ears danced with excitement. All this taking place about 30 seconds after inserting Northern Room’s CD and pressing play. The talent and potential this band carries with them is frightening, but what is scarier is that a major label has not scooped them up yet.

“We’re On Fire” is an absolute hit, plain and simple. The intro riff, steady drum beat and smooth vocals easily capture the listener from the very start. There is a Mute Math feel to the song, which is what originally drew me to the song when I first heard it on the band’s website.

“Galaxy”, “Dutch Radio” and “Stars of God” are some of the albums strongest songs and with them all back to back the album has a killer opening. “Galaxy” should suck you in with it’s first line of “Piano’s bleed for superstars…”. The ambient music mixed with strong vocals excel the opening. The song is able to just slip from the verse into the laid back chorus without effort.

Much of the record is mellower than the opener but that doesn’t distract or change anything because the slower songs bring with them just as much a sense of passion that flows out of the speakers. The mix of faster and slower songs is pretty even with “Waiting” and “Everyday” creating a bit of diversity on the second half of the album. “Everyday” has rich bass line during the verses that absolutely pops, adding to the song.

The album is 2 of the band’s EP’s put together, which sort of sucks for the people who bought them before, but great for all the future fans. The 3 acoustic songs are labeled as “live” but sound just as flawlessly recorded as all the other tracks on the album. The band just about tops them self with the acoustic version of “We’re On Fire”, it is just as good if not better than the original.

I love when an album is able to write the review for itself because there is just so many good things to say about it. This is a band you need to listen to, and an album you need to buy!