/Indie folk, Americana,
Chamber folk, Folk indie, Epic, Lo-fi, DIY, Alt-folk/
Comment: Icarus Syndrome is an artist from Urbana, Illinois, USA whose
19-track issue opens up intriguing sides and fringes throughout this quite lengthy
course of journey. Rough guitar strums are boldly represented over there to
evolve into remarkably more sophisticated compositions influenced both by
contemporary and glorious American roots music. Icarus Syndrome`s sound could
be considered a sort of retrospective one though in a good sense only because
all these well-known sonorous elements (performed with guitar, banjos,
mandolins, harmonicas) are empowered with modern use of electronic music,
sequenced rhythms and sublime orchestrations. The album involves lots of songs
having power to melt the listener`s heart. At times it is epic (even
hyper-panoramic), at times it is bleak and subjecting itself to this contrasty
effects does make sense undoubtedly. Let`s enjoy it.