Applause of a Distant Crowd

Album · Released 12 October 2018

Applause of a Distant Crowd

Ruby Pool is a useful measure of VOLA's confidence on Applause of a Distant Crowd. Piano, gently picked guitar and a clear vocal can carry a complete song without waiting for a heavy passage to justify their presence. Its quiet beauty opens another route into the band's music. That change extends through the album. The low guitars retain their distinctive force, but the arrangements give synthesizers and singing more space to establish each…