Saxon Shore专辑介绍：by Ned RaggettThere's no question that the story behind The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore is a fine example of artistic persistence -- Saxon Shore founder Matt Doty had to deal with the departure of his earlier bandmates, recruiting and working with a slew of new performers using the Net to trade files for rehearsals and demos and then finally squeezing in a time-constrained recording session with producer\u002Fsupporter Dave Fridmann, not to mention collaborating with cover designer Ben Volta throughout. Is the album as good as its back story, though? Yes, but only to an extent -- Saxon Shore are clearly aiming for a Big Epic Rock sound in the way that Fridmann is unquestionably great at overseeing, yet Exquisite Death for that reason is a very unsurprising album, where the majesty is welcomed for its familiarity more than for its newness. Starting with the massive-sounding The Revolution Will Be Streaming, all ascending guitar lines and huge drums, Exquisite Death captures moods both of unive