The album has had great reviews - "...full of shimmering harps, mournful sax and nocturnal atmosphere. Quite wonderful." Record Collector - "...the impressive power of The Metaphors."The Independent - ..."I've barely stopped playing their version of Love Is The Drug", The Rocker.
Perhaps our favourite so far is this **** review from Uncut magazine, here reproduced in its entirety :
" Art rock alert: Roxy Music reedsman swaggers back. Mackay's new group exist somewhere on the improv-post-rock axis, a meld of his oboe/sax with piano, synth, guitar and the divine harp of Julia Thornton (a former EMI "classical babe"), underpinned by Roxy drummer Paul Thompson. Their debut offers a weird and surprising ride through half a dozen standards linked to cities. "I Love Paris" morphs from classical keyboards to surf guitar to sax squall. "Three Coins In The Fountain" is a honking stomp, and "Love Is The Drug" and "Waterloo Sunset" are lovely, ambient deconstructions. The Metaphors' mission - "to create disturbing beauty" - is thrillingly fulfilled in just 31 minutes. NEIL SPENCER "
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