Search - Rubicon :: What Ends Starts Again

The first album by Rubicon basically the U.K. goth rockers Fields of the Nephilim with Andy Delany replacing Carl McCoy on vocals is a less pretentious and slightly poppier effort than anything the previous incarnation had managed. (Think Love and Rockets, not Bauhaus.) A huge part of the change is Delany's much less over the top voice, a controlled baritone subtly reminiscent of Peter Murphy and, at times, Peter Gabriel. McCoy also seems to have taken the Nephilims' occasional metallic tendencies with him; What Starts, Ends is a collection of ten lengthy, moody pop songs with occasional feints toward ambient music in spots, as in the lengthy coda to the gently propulsive "Brave Hearts." 2005.