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If there's one reason why Unbelievable Truth has a semi-failed career, it would be they try so hard to be themselves. It is sad to hear that Unbelievable Truth always being named as the 'Band of Thom Yorke's Brother'. Apart from they both write melancholic tracks and the likeliness of the vocalists' voices (afterall they're brothers), there is nothing similar between them. Now that they have disbanded, and Unbelievable Truth no longer have to bear the bondings.

A month after the release of Sorrythankyou, Unbelievable Truth called it a day. Unlike the previous album, Sorrythankyou is packed with much more strong guitar riffs in which it gives a much passionate sound. Just as the title of the first single off the album, it is Agony that sweeps through the entire record. The loud and banging intro to Landslide give a very refreshing and stunning opening to the record. Followed by A Name, this is the only track that actually reminds you of Almost Here (début album). Shed Your Skin would give the landmark of UT: sour, bitter, melancholic, innocent. Agony is a song you'd never thought UT would compose, its questions alarmed within the lyrics could truly give you a shiver; comparing to Almost Here, it is so clear that UT had grown to a much mature and yet naive band who 'digs too hard'. I Can't Wait is the longest track of the album and most fans would claim it the climax of the album, It too represents the album; a seven-minute ride of being apart and alone, the eagerness of Andy's voice is something that most vocalists lack.

If you haven't heard Unbelievable Truth before then it's best to start with their début. And now that UT has ended and all left with us would be the pass six or seven years. They are a band who reminds you of your childhood years, feeling despair and lonely. Let it live with you, and so does Sorrythankyou. It would take some time for you to actually understand Sorrythankyou, it has depths.

This album has some absolutely great songs. UT's use of piano and acoustic guitar is superb especially on the beautiful "A name." "Sorrythankyou" contains a river of intense emotion and urgency which is masked slightly by Andy Yorke's amazing falsetto only to explode is some well written choruses. UT has made an obvious stride to make a more complex album than "almost here" which was a folky, acoustic album containing songs reminiscent of Radiohead's "high and dry" and "fake plastic trees," but by using more piano, more electric guitar, and more keyboard UT sets themselves apart from their debut effort. Although this album is good, it isn't absolutely great because in the middle of the album there is a slight lull where a few songs are boring and uninspired but the album is redeemed with "advice to a lover" and the intense and suprising "agony," which contains great lyrics and penetrating guitar. other favorites on the album include "disarm" and "landslide." by the way, the title of the album "sorrythankyou" refers to what to the kindly thiefs near Oxford who say "sorry" when they shove of knife in your back and "thankyou" when they take you wallet.

Great second album from an underrated band who are sadly no more. A good disc for your collection; not hard rock, but good music for those with better than average taste.

O.k., the leader of UT is the brother of Radiohead's Thom Yorke. It was often said that UT sounds like Radiohead. I do not think so. The second album "Sorrythankyou" has something like a Radiohead-style and sometimes it sounds like Placebo. Great Album! One of my favourites this year. Check out the UT web-site, where you get rare downloads like unreleased studio and live recordings. For everyone who has not bought the singles of UT, the web-site delievers a lot of former b-sides. Not all of them, but at least a few.