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The Icarus Line - Avowed Slavery

Review by Joe Goggins

Keen editing is likely what kept these songs from that record in the first place, and yet that's something unfortunately absent from the bloated Avowed Slavery.»

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Hey, this aint no 'follow up' number, this is a the other arm getting a shot; this is the 'Slave Vows' era of the Icarus Line getting its I's dotted. A sort of finality at play here, 'Avowed Slavery' is the companion release to 2013's well received 'Slave Vows' album, this completes the circle of fury. With the video release of 'City Job' at the end of 2013, and the 'Slave Vows' album still making people talk, it was time to put these songs to wax, prepare the world for The Icarus Line's next move. Five tracks spread over the two sides, this mini album serves as a 'Slave Vows' booster jab, the feral verocity of the last album is in spades here, maybe even more so, the fire in the band's belly is roaring, and its only when the last track closes down do you realise quite fully, the impact.
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