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Title: Their early work--raw and Joy Division-like
Review: This CD showcases ITN's very early work (in fact, it compiles several early EPs from the period 1983-85), and it's not what you'd expect if you're familiar with their trademark classically influenced sound. Instead, it's largely a rock album, in the vein of Joy Division or perhaps a slightly less morose early Death in June. But you can hear certain elements that would later make their way into the trademark ITN sound, namely, their sense of the dramatic and their use of military snare. Some tracks really shine (the terse "Mystery" and the ethereal "And Your Eyes"), but "Prelude" is really more of a historical document than a true ITN album.
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