To High You are reading PlayLouder, as perhaps you noticed. So we haven't had an awful amount of time for REM lately. But you find us, dear reader, shivering amidst a pile of notes, fag ends and baggies, gazing mistily at this screen, in something that was once known as Awe. We have listened to 'Reveal' more times than we know, and that doesn't happen very often round here.
Albums come in their bucket loads, get played, get forgotten.
Even the good ones can't stay in our hearts for long, because with so many of the damn things, there just isn't the time. And here we are, having worn our copy of 'Reveal' to the proverbial bone, and it hasn't stopped growing on us yet. It has made us weep, and it has made us warm. Maybe REM like us again. Over 12 incredible songs, each revealing new treasures with every listen, we encounter characters sad, old, tired, happy and wonderful.