"Gentle Souls" is probably Dying Seed's weirdest(and strongest) anthology yet. On this latest project, we venture into experimentally synthesized territory, winding through a maze of determined, upbeat songs, all with a story to tell. Each track has it's own separate feel, while still coming together into a kind of theme. From tracks like "Worth the wait" and it's companion "Later that night... ," which take the listener on an exhilarating ride through the fun house, to a more serious song like "Extra Sensitive," the key sorrowful ballad of the album, it is apparent that this piece of work is very much like a peek into numerous spooky lives. With reoccurring themes of loneliness, loss, weakness, and despair, you will indeed be haunted by these suffering gentle souls.
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