8/26/2012
Cold Womb Descent - Rise of Ldaovh (2012)
9.7
/Dystopbient, Avant-garde, Epic, Electro-acoustic, Abstract, Dark ambient, Space music, Shoegazetronica, Crossover, Post-rock/
Comment: this sophomore album is the follow-up to CWD`s great self-titled album based on glimmering cosmic shadowplays and intricate obscurity. Indeed, the brand new one is a worthwhile trace which dovetails these aforementioned elements with the tendencies of shoegaze and post-rock music. This 10-track issue can be considered a cogent trinity consisting of exulting dark ambient-esque choppiness, majestic synthesized layers and blazing shoegaze-infiltrated noise washes. On the other side, the release will be ended up in a more bleak, abstract electro-acoustic and analogue electronica mixed environment. In a word, it feeds the listener`s envisioning and relieves you anxiety because of providing a place where you could escape. If to compare it to the other artists, however, some parallels can be drawn upon the likes of Bing Satellites, Our Subatomic Earth, Caustic Reverie, J. Dujardin, saanasessions, aboombong. Or is it an example of how MBV`s third album proper might have sounded? Very special by any means.
8/25/2012
Kinskop - Home Folder (2010)
9.1
/Post-rock, Remixes, Indietronica, Art pop, Ambient pop, Downtempo, DIY/
Comment: at the first sight this batch of tracks seems to composed of ragged-edged rhythms which is mixed up with lo-fi/DIY attitude and electro-acoustic tendencies in a loos way. However, by listening to it onward the result can be considered a charmingly flawed vision being spotted upon the realm of post-rock/chamber rock and indietronic horizons where wiry yet bewitching guitar chords are interlaced with lush concrete sounds and sometimes more ambient/and downtempo-related progressions (in a remix track, entitled Carwindow Creatures by Vertical67).
Eleanor Friedberger - Epitonic saki Session (2011)
8.8
/Alternative rock, Singer-songwriter, Live session/
Comment: Eleanor Friedberger (born in 1976) is one half of a famous family duo, called The Fiery Furnaces. who this time provide her 7-track set within the frame of Epitonic saki Sessions. In comparison to the aesthetics of her parental group EF`s sound is more simplistic - it is without orchestrated bores, sonic tricks and sound effects and conceptual frameworks. In a word, she is a singer-songwriter now. Nevertheless her songs are poignant, dashing and tumultuous. And by its lyrics it includes the hint at Soft Machine, the legendary art/avant-rock band coming out of the so-called Canterbury Scene.
Coma Cinema - Stoned Alone (2010)
8.0
/Indie rock, Chamber pop, Singer-songwriter, Lo-fi, Alternative pop/
Comment: Coma Cinema is the solo project by Mat Cothran whose 13-track album involves indie rock facades which are spiced up with some lo-fi tendencies and chamber pop glimpses. In a word, it is a nice listening, though, he undoubtedly has produced some more persuasive albums (Blue Suicide; Baby Prayers).
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