Amor Vincit Omnia [Digi-Pack]

• Artist: Efva Attling
• Height: 220mm
• Capacity: 45cl

Pure Reason Revolution return with the monumental Amor Vincit Omnia . The album title translates as Love Conquers All, a re-working of the slogan emblazoned on songwriter Jon Courtney's old school blazer. The original motto reads Truth Conquers All, and either version tells you a lot about this band. The quartet are good at titles that get right to the heart of the matter. Their debut mini-album was Cautionary Tales For The Brave . It warned you what might happen to a band sticking to their guns, but then stuck to them anyway. And all of PRR's output since, including first full-length effort 'The Dark Third' , has reflected that courageous spirit and helped to build the group a world-wide audience. New album 'Amor Vincit Omnia' will only win over more people. The unexpected earthiness of its more progressive tendencies and a new, gritty edge (reflective of Jon's Depeche Mode habit) mean Pure Reason's second long-player would beat any of Muse's records in a fight the fact, too, that 'Amor Vincit Omnia' is both a rockier and more electronic proposition than its predecessor is typical of PRR's ability to fuse seemingly paradoxical ambitions and tastes. Imagine if Fleet Foxes had grown up listening to the exciting electro music currently coming out of Paris, throw in a few super-heavy riffs, and you ll be some of the way to imagining the depth of the PRR sound. Just to listen to 'Amor Vincit Omnia' is to be part of something massive.