Subtly powerful is the best way to describe the latest work from UK duo Turin Breaks and their latest forthcoming album, ‘Outbursts,’ which drops April 20th here in the states. Some music out there is made to speak straight and true to your soul and not just to the bearded, soft hearted indie kids of the day, but it seems that anyone who puts on a pair of headphones and listens to this album could grow to fall head-over-heels in love with it.

Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian have a long history together, long time mates from childhood to be exact, and formed the group in 1999. Between then and 2003 the two released a few EP records including ‘The Door,’ ‘The State of Things,’ and ‘Fight or Flight.’ All of which are fantastic and lead to their first LP album ‘The Optimist,’ which was released on Source Records in the UK and re-released in the states under known label Astralwerks (AIR, Badly Drawn Boy, The Kooks, Sia, etc.). Since then the band has released several more successful album works including ‘Ether Song,’ ‘JackInABox,’ ‘Dark on Fire,’ and a live album, ‘Live at the Palladium.’

Outbursts is the latest jewel in the two’s stellar catalog so far. It’s a whimsical, light and airy acoustic love affair with a plethora of styling undertones. It’s almost a full 360° evolution of the band returning to its musical roots with everything learned and gained over the years. The single out now, “Sea Change,” has a powerful, driving undertone but is still lightly carried and kept in check by the duo’s soothing voice and the twinkling of acoustic guitars. The music video is just as powerful and quite creative using plastic soldiers and stop motion. You can find the video on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fawhVcprjDA. The rest of the album takes you on a ride from lullaby like songs for lovers, more folk-ish sounds with lessons to be learned in the lyrics to more deep, soul driven tracks that come down like a heavy rain in the end. It’s Brit Pop, it’s Folk, it’s rock all wrapped up in to one package.

Turin Brakes is probably the best UK band you’ve never heard of, which is like the Brits to keep their crown jewels to themselves, hidden…usually in a tower. And despite that they’ve had tracks featured on The O.C. and Gossip Girl. Although if your reading this review on our site you probably don’t frequent such television programs. Its music for lovers, its music for your soul and its music you’re guaranteed to fall in love with. Technically Outbursts has already dropped, but in the UK. The official US drop is April 20th on Cooking Vinyl Records and the two are already touring in support of it in the UK with US dates to come. Keep on top of the two by checking out their website, http://www.turinbrakes.com.

Review by: Will O.