{"id":7059222,"date":"2026-09-16T20:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/darkening-sky-the-suncharms\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:53:20","slug":"darkening-sky-the-suncharms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7059222","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Darkening Sky\u2019 \u2013 The Suncharms"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Suncharms first appeared on these pages via a review of their 2018 single \u201cRed Dust\u201d and they have been a regular on the playlist over here at Mayhem Towers in the seven an a half years since then! \u2018Darkening Sky\u2019 is their third album since their unexpected, unlikely and uniquely beautiful return. Following their extended \u201ccareer interruption\u201d they have recorded some classy sounds. This album is their third in five years following \u2018Distant Lights\u2019 and \u2018Things Lost\u2019. So it is definitely now time to focus on what actually is rather than what might have been. The album has massive ambition against which it delivers perfectly and it has a grand cinematic scope. Once again it is hard to drop the Suncharms into a genre box, but if you like quality shoegaze, classic jangly indie or delightful dream pop then this is the band for you. <\/p>\n

\u201cMonster To Me\u201d adds the darkest edge to the album and it might be familiar to some of you as a mix of it came out as a single last year. The album opens with the wonderfully weird and wistful \u201cMidnight Train\u201d a song that could sit comfortably on the soundtrack to a film based on a Matt Haig novel. Filmmakers take note, I think Matt\u2019s new novel is called \u2018Midnight Train\u2019. The passionate and emotional centre of this beautiful collection of songs is, for me, \u201cDiamonds\u201d, what a superb tune. The album has some deep and very smart lyrics which seem to reflect on memories, chances missed, everyday life, time and what it brings and reflection. It is an album that helps you meditate, think and to simply drown in gorgeous soundscapes. If you have not got the Suncharms in your life yet, then change that now!<\/p>\n

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