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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | August 5th 20 |
Neoclassical post-rock, reminiscent of Yndi Halda - ie: there are strings - in the way the dynamics are at play. The neoclassical tag comes from the central role played by the piano, and the overall lack of "classic" crescendocore, which kinda bums me out: as a big crescendo fan (sue me), I sometimes expected a conclusion to the almost-explosions. Still, the record is beautiful, especially for a live one. The live setting doesn't seem super evident at first glance, but it does add a massive amount of respect to this "EP".
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | July 28th 20 |
This is a live recording? Super impressive, hardly seems like it. This is EEB-era Yndi Halda minus the guitars (for the most part), minus most of the crescendocore DNA, and plus a piano. 4 does feel a bit more on the post-rock side of things with more prominent use of guitar, but otherwise this is mostly a neoclassical record really. 4 has pretty ideas but compared to the early record it fees like it looses its focus a bit. For 1-3 truly are gorgeous - easily 4.0 -, emotional, strings+piano based tracks, 1 being a masterful album intro and 3 having cool voices in addition. It doesn't really explode, it's not really post-rock, but it is beautiful. Then 4 brings it all down a point, and 5 reinforces that feeling by reinforcing the downward curve in energy and interest. It builds up nicely around the midtrack but it's not into much, and the conclusion although pretty near the end feels a bit contrived. 3.9
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| 4.0 excellent | zaruyache | January 22nd 16 |
Classical/post-rock and it's very pretty and kind of Godspeedy-ish.
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| 4.0 excellent | IslamicPenguins | January 25th 13 |
As the sea swells is essential post rock. The group pay homage to Godspeed You! Black Emperor with a very refreshing neo-classical feel.
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| 4.0 excellent | Scoot | April 7th 11 |
As The Sea Swells is fucking gorgeous, one of my favorite post rock songs ever.
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| 4.0 excellent | Sputniks #1 Cacti Hunter | March 10th 11 |
these guys are gunning to take over the top spot in my godspeed rip off band category. i still cant believe this is a live recording, soooooo good
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| 4.5 superb | Verlix | September 15th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Adam | March 4th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | jorsh | January 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | pcar | November 2nd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | maciej | October 23rd 11 |
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