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Kids In Glass Houses - In Gold Blood. Review.

This could end up being just about the most biased review of an album I’ve ever done, so if you want a genuine review, don’t read on. I’ll just be harping on about how this sounds like it was carved by angels. 

Having always been a KIGH aficionado, I see all their albums as little blessings. However, the release of their previous album ‘Dirt’ left me feeling a little let down. It barely touched upon the greatness of ‘Smart Casual’ and in all honesty, just made me feel a little bit sad. I awaited the release of In Gold Blood with baited breath and have never been so relieved in all my life. 

The title track, ‘Gold Blood’ sets the mood for the rest of the album. With a completely different sound to anything they’ve ever done before and an all-guns-blazing approach, it hooks you in for the rest of the album. No KIGH album is complete without it’s anthem either, and ‘Not In This World’ provides all the nanana’s you could ever wish for and a chorus you can scream your heart out to. The majority of the songs on the album follow a similar thread, each feeling more inventive than the last. The album comes to a dramatic close with ‘A God To Many Devils’ which is without doubt, the most reminiscent for most of the long term fans. Grabs of lyrics from past song ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ have been added in to create a real trip down memory lane. 

In Gold Blood is without doubt the best thing to have come from Kids In Glass Houses since Smart Casual, showing how they’ve grown and achieved the potential which has been there for so long. Things can only go up from here.