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Sophia | De Nachten

Mournful and plaintive masterpiece by Robin Proper-Sheppard of God Machine fame.
CD, Flower Shop/Bang!

Tekst: Bas Ickenroth

Publicatiedatum: 21 mei 2001

Let's face it, we have to live with the fact that the God Machine will never return. Nothing to be happy about, and former God Machine frontman Robin Proper-Sheppard realised this too and formed Sophia after the involuntary departure of one of the greatest and most intense bands that ever existed. Sophia doesn't make the same music, as they have proven with their first two albums, but does share the same intensity and melancholy. 'De Nachten', recorded live in Antwerpen and Amsterdam, isn't different and doesn't bring any new elements to the Sophia style - a style that is based on acoustic guitars, desolate rhythms, depressed lyrics, and melodies so melancholic it breaks your heart instantly (New Acoustic Movement my ass, Sophia did it first and infinitely better.). Added in this live setting are piano and strings, and that makes the music even more touching and moving. The new songs displayed here are not different from the already known ones, but personally I can't get enough of all the pain and despair Proper-Sheppard provides us with. This record would be as good as the first two, if it weren't for the Lennon cover 'Jealous Guy', a song I don't particularly like which sounds even less good in the Sophia version. But they make it all up in an unbelievable version of the already classic 'The River Song'.

http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/sophia/de-nachten/289/
Meer Sophia op KindaMuzik: http://www.kindamuzik.net/artiest/sophia