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Draped in ivy, and shrouded in pathos Tymes new album ‘Blood Shake’ was undoubtedly due to get some pained hearts a flutter. Single/Guitarist, and face of the band Cami Candi has that sort of haunting mope that bleeds the soul clean, which used in conjunction with the more subtle greys of the band mates, bliss is created. The atmospheric season timing was perfect for the upcoming album, from the crisp sultry sorrows of winter, to the soft licks of the dying ember described as Cami’s voice. The trio successfully captures the fragile emotional state of youths today, and like delicately spun cobwebs we hear Cami’s damaging story unravel.

              

After the first two pop waffling tracks of the album, Cami’s ethereal slur takes us even deeper than her third track ‘Swim Deep’, which tells a story of loves loss and an escape of reality for the young singer. From the bitter sweet grasps of love, the album undoubtedly begins to get a bit more destructive and dark as Cami’s childhood of sexual abuse becomes the lyrics of her fourth track ‘Tropical Nightmare’ where it verges on the boundaries of absurd and the absolution of brilliance. Fluctuating, the reverb adds a sense of vengefulness to the already disquieting ambiance, giving it an edge to the rest of tracks and highlights its magnificence. Track 5, ‘Bleach’ does however follow the previous dark implication of ‘Tropical Nightmare’ but with limited success as it misses the obscurity and downright queer conventions of the track.  The track opens with the line, ’We are the reckless, we are the stained youths’  and you can’t help but raise an angled smile, the way Cami almost makes childhood looks like horror movie, and from her traumatic one we can only marvel at her music.

 Track 6 becomes the self proclaimed identity track for the new album, ‘Blood Shake’ is the perfect example to represent the album, despite not being as exotic as some of the other tracks the song still remains at the pinnacle of indie rock, and shows some of the promise qualities the rest of the album portrays. Like any shake the song builds and builds until an explosion of euphoria erupts, the instrumental chorus truly is something to behold.  Things unfortunately go a bit bland after that with Seventh track of the album ‘Labour’ which refers to more normal and restrictive life styles of everyday people.  The rather monotone melody of the track drowns out Cami’s cosmic voice, and really adds to the mundane subject of the song. Luckily however thing do improve with second to last song of the album ‘Peaches’ which entices you to the fruitier side of indie rock. The biblical lyrics cleverly reference the fruits of Eden, and make for a truly interesting song. Using wavering vocals and symbolism Cami successfully manages to portray the temptations of modern teenage society such as sex, drugs and smoking. These addictive temptations are nothing compared to the fix you get from the track however, from the escalating key to tropical chords, it really is worth of it fruity title. Last Track of the album ‘Velvet’, truly lives up to its name, the track could be described as almost velvet soft, but not the same type of mellow we would expect of Floxygen, but more of the soul stirring soft from bands such as The XX and London Grammar. ‘Velvet’, personally relates to one of Cami previous relationships in which despite knowing she was being used she couldn't bring her self to end it. But my has grown up the almost childish problems of Velvet don't even compare to  the tantalizing lyrics of ‘Tropical Nightmare’ but still makes for an interesting song none of the less.

The trio really did excel themselves with the new album this year. They did promise us some pretty new and interesting compositions and without a doubt they delivered some of the most abstract and unique compositions of this year. The band are rumored to be touring London this year for the Reading and Leeds Festival in August, which if so I strongly advised you to buy ticket and ensure you don’t miss this unmissable event.