Joe Nuttall & Enola Fall

I've seen Enola Fall play three times in the four months I've been living in Hobart (I'm a mainlander), and I've always been stunned by the sheer emotion and energy they put into every performance. After my first listen to their third album, I was no less impressed - they've managed to capture this emotion perfectly.

Enola Fall wear their influences humbly, but proudly. They've taken the best bits from the best bands and, in true Dicko-from-Australian-Idol style, they've brought it all together and created something that's entirely their own. On this record, you'll find the gutwrenching, heartbreaking vocals of Muse, the scratchy circus waltzes of Tom Waits, Augie March-inspired guitars, frenetic drumming and mournful keys from Sigur Ros, and melodies from Fourth Floor Collapse - a band that both influence and are influenced by Enola Fall.

This record is a great one to listen to with headphones when you're travelling on a train as night is falling. It's also one to play LOUD when everyone else is out and you can jump around the room during the fast bits without looking like a dickhead. Highly recommended - you'll love this if you like Radiohead, Sigur Ros or Muse. - AMO - Australian music online

Enola Fall are beginning to emerge in the U.K. and U.S and spread their delightful sound nationally They've even reached as far west to Los Angeles to promote their sound and luckily upon hearing Enola Fall I was immediately smitten. Something that rarely happens but when it does it flows over the musical part of my soul like honey. They’ve been compared to a hodgepodge of Bright Eyes, Sigur Ros, Coldplay and Radiohead, and although this can be heard, mainly what shines through is their soft, pleasant instrumentation and unique, passionate, bus also simple, lyrics.

The album opens with ‘Aubade’ a brief but haunting instrumental rift that lovingly lingers to the ears. At a mere one minute and thirty nine seconds it’s concise but an excellent opener with the use of muted trumpet, low-key piano and gentle guitar that is soothing to the ears. The following track ‘Hope Against Hope’ reminds me of old-school Radiohead, for it is soft, enchanting and harmonically pleasing to hear with a sort of whining/crying type singing.

My favorite track on the album, ‘Brief Lives’ is so catchy and happily portrayed with somewhat foreboding lyrics: “Oh I have reached the end of all I know, still it seems we move around inside our dreams”. Although ‘Brief Lives’ may be my favorite piece, the real talent is most evident in track number five ‘Jerusalem’. ‘Jerusalem’ is nothing short of powerful, commanding, hypnotic and really a musical masterpiece that shines. It’s very pleasantly followed by an almost perfectly matched accompanying tune ‘Switch off, Switch off’. It’s a peaceful, melancholy ballad with a dominant bass rift and a repeating instrumentation that leaves you mesmerized.

‘The Ocean in your room’ is a short piece full of creepy piano sounds and background emergency information that you would hear before take off on a flight. It reminds me of something I would hear in a distorted dream, a Silent-Hill type video game, or some nightmare carnival – and I love it for these reasons.

Overall We Never Sleep is a pretty solid album. What it lacks in durability it makes up in sheer effort and under-dog points for the ever-changing Indie listeners. It’s polished, winning and an overall gratifying album. For three guys that aren’t presently know world-wide they seem to be teetering on the verge of a breakthrough moment, and for that they’re definitely worth giving a listen to. - One Times one music reviews