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Continuing in the sober vein begun on 2009's Keep Calm and Carry On, Stereophonics manage a nifty trick on 2013's Graffiti on the Train: they sound simultaneously massive and intimate. Arena rock remains their specialty, as they're adhering to the tradition articulated by U2 and refined by Coldplay, two bands whose influence echoes throughout Graffiti on the Train, but Stereophonics never sound as massive as either group. Instead, as led by Kelly Jones, the band seems preoccupied with smaller issues, either matters of the heart or sundry mundane issues of existence. They're at their most distinctive when they bend big music traditions a bit -- the strings are a nice touch to the title track, "Indian Summer" has some propulsion, "Catacomb" dilutes the Manics, and, best of all, "Been Caught Cheating" is an unexpected and successful stab at country-soul -- but Stereophonics seem loath to leave all that they know behind, so Graffiti on the Train remains distinctly earthbound for all its big aspirations. Eighth studio album (the first on their own label) from multi-platinum selling British band. Following their Best Of compilation 'A Decade In the Sun' which sold over a million copies in 2008 and their last LP 'Keep Calm And Carry On', released in 2009, the group quit Universal Records, acquired a new rehearsal "den" in west London and breathed a sigh of relief. Instead of a summer of festival headliners, Jones found himself exploring other creative avenues "I had all these little things I d been wanting to do for 15 years. Whether it was writing scripts, or writing short stories...making different types of music. And I just decided to stop travelling and see what would happen."
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TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 We Share the Same Sun (3:45)
2 Graffiti on the Train (5:04)
3 Indian Summer (4:28)
4 Take Me (3:51)
5 Catacomb (3:15)
6 Roll the Dice (4:05)
7 Violins and Tambourines (5:00)
8 Been Caught Cheating (4:21)
9 In a Moment (5:26)
10 No-One's Perfect (4:00)
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