Building Humans
March 7, 2008
Released 10th March 2008.
After a period of hibernation from live performance, but immense creativity in the studio, Sine Star Project kick-start 2008 with their second album ‘Building Humans’, the follow up to their acclaimed debut album ‘Blue Born Earth Boy’.
Building Humans is full of tremendously diverse songs that sit comfortably together, unified by Peter J Croissant’s beautifully delivered vocal melodies and propelled by dramatic, bombastic arrangements. It follows the credo that more is more; it’s an ambitious record featuring over 35 guest musicians supplying stirring strings and featuring a complete brass band in addition to the small arsenal of instruments played by Sine Star Project themselves.
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Having been privaleged to an early copy of this sumptious album, I remain (once again) in awe of Sine Star Project.
Building humans crosses genres effortlessly - it builds on the solid foundations laid out in the debut masterpiece “Blue born earth boy” - then kicks down the door to a new era for the band.
Stand out tracks for me are “Chinese Drag Queen”, “PostHuman”, Brown Bread” and the absolutely sublime “Little Bird” which sounds like it arrived on a fluffy cloud straight into my brain.
I cannot praise this band highly enough. Not only are they extremely competant musicians (this personified anytime a band has to follow them at a gig) BUT, they are simply not afraid to be themselves. This album is a credit to their live performances and the more subtle moments within their reportoire.
In a world swamped with benile-pathetic-carbon copy bands, I sit patiently waiting to be rewarded with something interesting.
I have been rewarded.
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I bought “building humans” online! and I’m listening to it repeatedly
I always pay attention to how an album begins and ends in “building humans” the beginning is great but I must say the end is amazing! It leaves you with the feeling you’ve just listened to something really important and you want more.
I honestly love the whole album, I think it’s definitely the best thing I’ve listened to, form a British band that is not already huge, since I moved in UK.
I’m sure I’ll find something new every time I’ll listen to it, but so far… I love the end of “Brown bread” with the piano, I think “eternal sadness for man” is a perfect title for this song that is almost onomatopoeic, and I’m mad for “glitter ghost” grotesque atmospheres…in “little bird” the voice is so wonderful, really moving.
I love posthuman (Huxley’s “brave new world” is the first book I read in English)and finally, the arrangements (especially all the brass!!) and the production are incredibly well done.
thank you!
Sil