DAKOTA SUITE - THIS RIVER ONLY BRINGS POISON

Dakota Suite's This River Only Brings Poison isn't so much a collection of songs as it is a long, drawn out mood. And that mood is as upbeat as the album title. Damn, dude. Don't listen to this album if you're already depressed! I mean, it's very good for what it is: quiet, delicate, moody. Doesn't get much quieter, delicater (Is that even a word?), or moodier than this. But a down mood is only gonna get lower with this sad bastard music.
The songs all blend together into one big sonic hum of melancholy. When I was listening to it I was all worried about leaving friends, lost loves, and cleaning my room. Dakota Suite's mastermind, Chris Hoogan, has crafted songs that got into my head and added to my burgeoning depression. Before I knew it, I couldn't find the will to go on. "What's the point?" I wondered as the sad horns opening "Boats In A Sunken River" urged me into a quiet funk so profound my heart just quit. I just fucking died; all the lonely, unsure feelings inside me multiplied by this pretty, but ultimately boring and dreary music, making breathing too much of an upbeat chore.
Now I'm typing this review on Satan's PC (of course that dick doesn't use Macs), secure in the knowledge that the tastes like chicken crew will get it, as ol' Hornhead and Chinsang are tight.
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