If Homb saw Cerberus Shoal's beachfront in the hours before a hurricane, then Crash My Moon Yacht shows the beachfront in the days after it. The recurring melody on the "Changabang" tracks shows the glimmers of hope through the relatively tense and uneasy post-rock of "Breathing Machines" and "Elle Besh". This glimmer eventually manages to spread itself, and the music on "Yes Sir, No Sir" and truly beautiful closer "Asphodel" sound swollen with happiness with survival and hope for the future. As with most early Cerberus Shoal material, the songs ebb and flow as if they were all separate living beings, building up into crescendos or keeping the same pace while adding various instrumentation (like that wonderfully memorable flute line on "Long Winded"). Needless to say, the band remain at the top of their post-rock game here, and though they'd explore various other genres after this, the charm of records like these is like few others.
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