1.0RouteNote Bloghttps://routenote.com/blogRouteBothttps://routenote.com/blog/author/routebot/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://routenote.com/blog/review-austerlitz-austerlitz/">Review: Austerlitz – Austerlitz</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://routenote.com/blog/review-austerlitz-austerlitz/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Review: Austerlitz – Austerlitz” — RouteNote Blog" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>I’m having a really hard time reviewing this album, possibly because I want to like Austerlitz a lot more than I actually do. The opening track ‘Walking into the Fire’ excited me a great deal. The organ riff that opens both the song and album is an inspired and clever hook that is sparse enough to give the rest of the band room to breathe and build on whilst suggesting enough of a sense of pulse to drive the verse’s tempo. The song reaches its triumphant climax during the middle-8, where we hear the bulk of the band pull out...https://routenote.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/l_3c3f5242744446b289f8e4050f0881732-300x237.jpg