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イギリスの音楽専門誌がこぞって大絶賛する、マンチェスターの男性4人組バンド、haven（ヘイヴン）の1stアルバム。スミスの初代マネージャー、ジョー・モスに認められ、スミスのギタリスト、ジョニー・マーがプロデュースを買って出たというだけに、ファルセットと力強いヴォーカルを織り交ぜた<7>（イギリスのファーストカット）、優しく広がるギターロック<1>（セカンドカット）、メロディアスなヴォーカルが彩るディープなロックナンバー<9>（サードカット）、ゆったり壮大な<3>（第4弾カット）など、気だるさをたたえたギターと柔らかいファルセットが、孤高の美しさを醸し出している。（速藤年正）
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Between the Senses, the debut album by tender Cornish rock balladeers Haven, shuffles into the spotlight with no mean amount of expectation resting upon its slender shoulders. Not only was this band relocated to Manchester under the guiding hand of Joe Moss, ex-manager of
The Smiths, but
Between the Senses was produced by that band's stellar guitarist, Johnny Marr. This pedigree suggests that there's something truly great brewing in the imaginations of these four young men. Far from The Smiths' sprightly witticisms, however, Haven display a grounding in more traditional rock touchstones like
Buffalo Springfield and
Quicksilver Messenger Service. These are songs of sweeping anthems and ornate ambition, songs that pad along the well-trodden path of earnest indie-rock, snapping hungrily at
Coldplay's heels. While "Beautiful Thing" and "Say Something" swoon up there with the best of them,
Between the Senses does feel a little threadbare towards the end, let down by a reliance on mid-pace rock songs and a limited palette of moods. Ultimately, this is a sturdy, competent debut. But for Haven to really live up to their much-vaunted potential, they're going to have to come up with something that resonates with a power that right now sounds maddeningly just beyond their grasp.--
Louis Pattison
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