Rock ‘n’ Reel
Jan/Feb 2007
Having shortened their name from Lies Damned Lies, Glasgow-based three-piece LDL reliease their fifth album on their own Sticky Music (a label also responsible for “discovering” Ricky Ross, Juliet Turner and Iain Archer). After Virtue is another example of the strained craftsmanship that has sustained the band for five albums, after a brief and creatively unsuccessful brush with fame. The atmospheric “We Bring You Flowers”, trademarked by their astute observance of the less-is-more school of songwriting, sets the mood for an album that delicately spins its own beguiling web.<br><br>
The wee-small-hours qualities of “Glorious Land” and the dreamy, jazzy, blues flavours of “Underneath The Sky” offer another side to their musical character, whilst the stark, melancholic “Beloved” and the gently appealing meanderings of “Walk On Water” put the seal on an album of immaculately crafted compositions”
Steve Caseman
