This Is For The White In Your Eyes

Rate It! Avg: 4.0 (155 ratings)
ALBUM INFORMATION

Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 46:47

eMusic Review

Avatar Image
Barry Walters

eMusic Contributor

08.18.09
Choir Of Young Believers, This Is For The White In Your Eyes
2009 | Label: Ghostly International / IODA

Choir of Young Believers main man Jannis Noya Makrigiannis is not the kind of guy you'd expect to helm the kind of orchestral indie-rock group that could make multiple generations weep. This 26-year-old singer-songwriter's previous musical output was limited to playing guitar and singing background vocals for Lake Placid, an eight-piece ensemble in the same Danish dance-pop mold as Junior Senior and Alphabeat. But the Choir that began as Makrigiannis's solo vehicle has blossomed into a band responsible for what will be remembered as one of 2009's moodiest and most audacious debut albums, This Is For the White in Your Eyes.

Write a Review3 Member Reviews

Please log in before you review a release. Log in

user avatar

Promising highlights, overall a bit meh

WeAreGlass

The highlights of this album, notably "Action/Reaction," sound really fantastic, but the album feels muddied by a lot of middling tracks. Probably removing them from the context of the album would show them to be great, but the songs on the LP seem to blur together in a wash of Wintry production and slow tempos.

user avatar

All Hail Brian Wilson

DJWORD

someone called it Radiohead meets Fleet Foxes and I can get what they are saying, but it is less precious than Fleet Foxes, thankfully. It feels like a secular choir of Pet Sounds era beach Boys worshipers. All Hail Brian Wilson.

user avatar

one to play/replay

B_Alice

Somewhere between Nick Drake with a groove and the Dirty Projectors without the yelling comes this meaty little album for life's reflective moments. Stand out tracks: Action/Reaction, She Walks, Why Must It Always Be This Way

Recommended Albums

eMusic Features

Who Are … Choir of Young Believers

By Barry Walters

Choir of Young Believers main man Jannis Noya Makrigiannis is not the kind of guy you'd expect to helm an orchestral indie-rock group that could make multiple generations weep. This 26-year-old singer-songwriter's previous musical output was limited to playing guitar and singing background vocals for Lake Placid, an eight-piece ensemble in the same Danish dance-pop mold as Junior Senior and Alphabeat. His manner is chipper, and his speaking voice suggests a fellow Denmark-born musician, Metallica… more »