Point of no return

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Point of no return
Studio album by Those Damn Crows

Publication
(s)

February 7, 2020

Label (s) Earache Records

Genre (s)

Alternative rock

Title (number)

13

running time

44 min 41 s

occupation
  • Guitar: David Winchurch

production

Colin Richardson , Andy Sneap

Studio (s)

Backstage Recording Studio, Derbyshire

chronology
Murder and the Motive
(2016) 		Point of no return -

Point of No Return is the second studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Those Damn Crows . The album was released on February 7, 2020 via Earache Records .

Emergence

After the release of their self-published studio album Murder and the Motive , the band began to write new songs. Songs like Going Down or Devil in My Pocket date from this time, but have been revised again and again. Most of the time was taken two months before the recordings. The album was recorded in May 2019 at the Backstage Recording Studio in Derbyshire .

The album was produced by Colin Richardson and Andy Sneap with the support of Chris Clancy. The band used the while recording rehearsal room of Judas Priest . If the band was satisfied with a song, it was recorded the same day. The musicians had long discussions about how many of the recorded songs to use for the album and wanted to use either ten or eleven. On the advice of their record of it eventually their 13. For the songs were set in stone and Go Get It were music videos rotated.

background

Track list
  1. Who Did It - 3:27
  2. Set in Stone - 3:21
  3. Sin on Skin - 3:56
  4. Be You - 3:59
  5. Never Win - 3:28
  6. Send the Reaper - 3:20
  7. Kingdom of Dust - 3:40
  2. Going Down - 2:46
  3. Long Time Dead - 3:11
  4. King of Second Chances - 3:27
  5. Go Get It - 3:32
  6. Hey Man (Look at Me Now) - 3:27
  7. Devil in My Pocket - 3:07

According to singer Shane Greenhall, one theme runs through all 13 tracks on the album. Every act that a person has consciously taken has consequences. When one has made that decision, the person comes to the point of no going back. Hence the album title Point of No Return .

Many years ago the band wrote a song with this title, but it did not make it on their first studio album. Although this title did not make it onto the second studio album, the title would go well with the lyrical aspect of the album. In addition, the title also fits in with the fact that some band members have given up their jobs for the band, for example.

Greenhall wrote some brutally honest lyrics for the album. Sometimes he describes his own experiences, which he exaggerates.

reception

Frank Thiessies from the German magazine Metal Hammer certified the band with a "hit feel for hooks and catchiness". Those Damn Crows play "American alternative rock from the textbook" without any "American embarrassment accompanying phenomenon, mistakenly confusing fat-trousers attitude with the behavior of an open one". Thiessies awarded 4.5 out of seven points. According to Andreas Schiffmann from the online magazine Musikreviews.de , when listening to the album, you get “really excited to approve these British hopefuls in terms of modern rock (without any Yankee proletarianism)”, which “would be one more reason to keep pandemic times healthy overcome". Because the album contains "enough potential hits", Schiffmann awarded twelve out of 15 points. Thomas Kupfer from the German magazine Rock Hard wrote that the Welsh quartet “switches between powerful grooves, great melodies and stadium rock refrains like a dream” and could “play a leading role in modern hard rock” in the near future. Copper awarded 7.5 out of ten points.

Chart placements
Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 14th (1 week) 1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Tom: "You can have the best sounding record on the planet, but if you ain't got the songs, what's the point?" HMV, accessed on May 17, 2020 (English).
  2. ^ Greg Latham: An Interview With Those Damn Crows. Rocksins, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Dave: Interview: David Winchurch - Those Damn Crows. Devil's Gate Music, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  4. ^ Frank Thiessies: Those Damn Crows - Point of No Return . In: Metal Hammer , June 2020, page 91
  5. ^ Andreas Schiffmann: Those Damn Crows - Point of No Return. Musikreviews.de, accessed on May 19, 2020 .
  6. ^ Thomas Kupfer: Those Damn Crows - Point of No Return . In: Rock Hard , June 2020, page 91
  7. ^ Those Damn Crows. The Official Chart Company, accessed May 17, 2020 .

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