Tram, A Kind of Closure - 47m 46s

Tracks & Durations

1. Three years	3:46
2. Forlorn labour	4:43
3. A kind of closure	5:21
4. Painful education	3:54
5. Theme	2:00
6. Forgive me dear	4:28
7. Fools	4:31
8. Only then	3:50
9. The hope has been taken away	6:07
10. You let me down	4:04
11. Understand	4:56

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Review

Slo-mo, downbeat miserablists Tram return with their third album, the suitably tear-stained A Kind of Closure. Critical acclaim and a secure record deal do not seem to have eased their resolutely pervasive mood of melancholy. Singer Paul Anderson continues his fruitless dissection of relationships and disappointment, enveloping the mournful themes in stripped-down, otherworldy gentle plucks of guitar and piano. The songs are not joyless, however; the gorgeous, countrified pace of "Painful Education" belies Anderson's opening gambit of "So what is there to show / For all these battered years." The themes may be end-of-the-world bed-sit gloom, but the songs are so beautifully structured and delicate that the misery is made wondrous by its life-affirming music. The opener, "Three Years," is an impressive slice of dramatic, dark pop about someone who has "detected a joy he knew was a flaw," but the swooning, emotional pull of the song suggests the man can still see hope on the horizon. Low have been oft posited as Tram's spiritual comrades, but Tram perfect a particular, unwavering kind of melancholy that could only come from Britain. Tram wallow in their sadness, but do it beautifully. --Suzannah BrownThe 3rd and finest release yet from this CMJ top UK group. Jetset Records. 2002.

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