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Annoyingly titled post-rockers from Leeds in song about
historical event shocker. Or not. iLiKETRAiNS’ music
thankfully does not suffer despite their oddly styled name
(just which part do you emphasise?!) or unusual lyrical
subject matter. With vocals that are so broadly and
profoundly delivered, songs about anything other than The
Great Fire of London and the assassination of Spencer
Perceval would seem, well, a little bit insincere.
We Go Hunting may only be 3:25 long, but it needs to
be longer. Full of the characteristic cathedral like
ambience which so marks iLiKETRAiNS sound, this track moves
from a sorrowful opening to a harrowing chorus and is laced
with talk of demons; which is unsurprising for a track about
the Salem Witch Trials.
Guy Bannister’s vocal style does verge on the outrageous at
times, but his dark tones are perfect for iLiKETRAiNS’
sinister and gloomy choruses.
The chorus itself falls into a black-hole of misery, where
the lyrics “If the demons divide, the demons will
conquer/if you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile”
are sung so mournfully it’s scary.
We Go Hunting is simply begging to be extended with
an extra verse or two, another interlude, an interminably
long outro perhaps, but sadly none of these happen and it
fades out at 3:25, much to my disappointment. That said, if
you buy only one Salem Witch Trial themed single this year,
this should be it
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