The Candle Horn Churchyard reviews...
Sorted magazine - 12 February 2002.
How to make friends and influence people, lesson 1. When releasing a Goff record, do something new and completely unexpected. For example, try opening with the sweet, chilled sound of a saxophone! Oh, I know sax has been used before (Spear of Destiny, brrr!), but Mr Altrui grants Lee Gillies and his sax centre stage and they, together with quite a number of other musicians create a selection of music that somewhere between the Bad Seeds and the incidental music on a Miami Vice episode, but is actually quite good. And that's just the first track! The Candle Horn Churchyard is only five songs, but it is diverse and imaginative bringing to mind the Swans "If The Sea Won't Rise", the Doors "Open The Brick Hand" and "The Crossing" and the Creatures "Sirens", yet avoids sounding too contrived. Sean Altrui's music shrugs off categorisation, but it has a dark emotional power that's very appealing.
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