MOONLIGHT WEB MAGAZINE
cd reviews • June 2006
Dragone Nervoso
Lonesome Sky
Moonlight Web Magazine

(as translated from Italian...)

Ranking: 9/10

The list of influences of New Yorks The Lost Patrol (not to be confused with the quasi-homonymous ex-Refused Dennis Lyxzéns The Lost Patrol Band) is almost everlasting: from Ennio Morricone to the Stranglers, from Echo & the Bunnymen to the Beach Boys, from Mazzy Star to Chris Isaak. But whats really astonishing about it is that, after the Nth listening of Lonesome Sky (bands latest effort, being around since the late nineties and having released three albums and an Unsane-esque titled EP Scattered, Smothered & Covered), not only you realise that the final result corresponds to the description, but also reveals itself as something quite unique and diverse from the sum of all parts.

This is one of the most original, fresh and heartfelt records Ive heard in a very long while: just try to imagine an ideal partnership between Sarah Records golden age and David Lynchs Wild at heart atmospheres, or Mazzy Star plunged in a scene of Big Wednesday, or even as perfectly summarised by a fan on the bands guestbook the Beach Boys mixed with the Fields of the Nephilim, all overhung by Danielles angelic vocals (which only in Tragedy of Me is replaced by guitarist Michael Williams nothing to do with Eyehategods singer, the homonymys purely accidental).

What an incredible work of art this band has put out! So near to the above-mentioned influences, yet so faraway and distant, so filled with lots of little surprises which make the listening always a new experience, be it the first or the fortieth approach to it (how beautiful is the slow of Neon Red! how wonderful is Velveteen, which in less than three and a half minutes reaches tops that Shivaree never will! How breath-taking the Brighters reminiscences in Mayday and in the title-track!).

In a perfect world, The Lost Patrol would top the most important world charts; in a perfect world there would be a copy of Lonesome Sky in every house. Unfortunately, that is not: in fact, the band is still unknown to the so-called big audience, and still has to self-produce their albums. Now, all you have to do is search for them, immediately; and you could tell you discovered them when they were unknown. Not for long, we hope.

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