Boy Omega
Hope on the horizon
Stereo Test Kit
Receiving extremely favorable reviews, especially from Deutschland, Boy Omega's fourth album continues along in the singer-songwriter vein that propelled Bright Eyes to enviable heights with 2002's "Lifted..." and again with 2005's "I'm wide awake, it's morning". While some kind bloggers have compared "Hope on the horizon" to such seminal albums as "Blonde on blonde", "Hope on the horizon" is an alright album with some fantastic standout tracks - opener "A quest for fire" being the best. After a few tracks however, the strings and horns start to blur together, as do the songs, and "Hope on the horizon" begins to feel like a record you've heard even before you finish your first listen. It's not bad, it's just not remarkable either.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
