Ammi

Laodicea, the title of Ammi’s album no doubt comes from the mention of the city in Revelations. As quoted by Ammi from Revelations 3:15-17(NIV) to the church of Laodicea: “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm-neither hot nor cold-I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, ’I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.“

I found Ammi’s album not lukewarm, but both hot and cold. Diverse, it is. And catchy too. I caught myself swaying to the second track titled “Born” and later struggling to get the words “Blue Screen Brain” out of my head after listening to the fourth one. The album begins with a short introduction of ambient music and then moves to the aforementioned mellow second track. The music slowly picks up the pace track after track until finally reaching (gasp!) a bit of screaming on the last, “The Nature of Apathy.” Label it what you will, but definitely try your luck at Laodicea. [Common Cloud] Frances Schoonveld

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