There’s a certain beauty in disorder. And when that disorder finds itself in a head on collision with the doomy expanse of melancholy, then I for one am there. Upon the initial wary listens, Apartment’s debut offering: The Dreamer Evasive, desires its place in this elusive set, where it might not quite reach the throes of darkness, it’s certainly making itself known in the turning point of twilight.

The album kickstarts with Paid In Full, a bass driven atmospheric assault, the guitars are calculated to the thrown in at a certain point, the drums thrashing away, all in all resulting in a comfortably swirling, impressive noise. Apartment tend to take favour with the far and wide school of influences, which in turn is both advantageous and has somewhat perturbed me a tad. Stylistic shout-outs aplenty, the cacophonous jangle of the intro to one of the stand out tracks Fall Into Place evolves into an acoustic melody, complete with a harmony laden, Robert Smith style yelp, chronicling the all too usual canon of hopes and aspirations versus irritation and exasperation, but very commendably done and merits the comparison.

David Caggiaris’ vocals certainly have that grandstanding angsty quality about them, setting up scenic landscapes with ease. It would appear that Apartment have had The Smiths intravenously injected, with reference points coming in thick and fast.

The concept of doom-hope-doom-hope-facemelting unknowness works well for Apartment, it is an obvious strength and one they should pursue. Everyone Says I’m Paranoid is a delight, with a heavy dollop of everyone’s favourite gloom chroniclers Interpol, sits your albums note worthy track. The tickling guitar work, intricately woven around the taut bass and concise drumming is a resident feature, each track appears to add, expand or embellish this dynamic.

Ghost Of An Unforgivable Past is akin to the dark hallucination of a trapped mind, which in turn further cements the premise of The Dreamer Evasive: the heavy crushing bosom of doom weighing down on your form ain’t such a bad thing.