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By Keith Walsh<\/strong><\/em> The second track, \u201cOne Of These Days\u201d is a meditation on the solemnity that accompanies the long wait for redemptive love. The pulsing drum beats and bass are particularly satisfying on this one. Throughout the album, there\u2019s remnants of Blake\u2019s influences, from minimalist trip hop such as Massive Attack or the melancholy pop of Gary Numan, that were evident on his self-titled debut on Polydor in 1998, though Blake\u2019s instrumentations and vocals carry an emotive warmth not always present in those artists. For example, the string arrangements by Blake\u2019s longtime collaborator Graham Murphy bring transcendent beauty. <\/p>\n \u201cIf there\u2019s love. yeah I\u2019ll take it\/on the chance to lose\/If there\u2019s love, yes I\u2019ll take it\/it\u2019s up to you.\u201d<\/strong> \u2018One Of These Days\u2019 from Perry Blake\u2019s \u2018Death Of A Society Girl\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n The third track, \u201cNobody\u2019s Child\u201d <\/em>features middle eastern instrumentation, appropriately enough for a song lamenting the sorrows of ostracization that are too readily found in stone age tales from that region. \u201cSong Of The Wind\u201d features deep droning bass, strings, sharp electronic drums and acoustic guitar interludes. As a ballad it relies on just a couple chords, depending mainly on tonal atmosphere for its appeal.<\/p>\n \n
\u201cRequiem,\u201d the opening track of Perry Blake\u2019s new album Death Of A Society Girl,<\/em> sets the tone for an album of contemplative moods and bittersweet exultations. Like David Bowie, to whom he is often compared, Blake is perhaps too closely acquainted with sadness, while finding value in working through it musically. On a purely electronic album, there\u2019s lots of synthetic drum sounds, beautiful deep bass, lovely piano figures, glistening strings and arpeggios, and Blake\u2019s sweetly melancholy voice. Lyrically and melodically, Death Of A Society Girl<\/em> is reflective and occasionally solemn, an album of meditations on what it means to grow through tragedy.<\/p>\n