Pushing the Senses
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Pushing the Senses, Feeder's fifth studio album builds on the introspective maturity that made Comfort in Sound a hit with both critics and record-buyers alike. Far removed from the upbeat power-pop of breakthrough Echo Park, Senses owes a greater debt to the sound of America's mid-west, jumbled up with some quintessentially British song-writing. "Tumble and Fall", the first single to be lifted, is an un-ashamed power-ballad. The words may be slightly ham-fisted , but the melody catches so brilliantly that the actual lyrical content doesn't matter amidst the soulful verse and explosive chorus. This style of downbeat MOR with epic refrains continues throughout most of the album with only...