The New England-bred post-rock outfit Caspian get about a quarter of the way into “Flowers of Light”, the second song off On Circles, before the electric guitars switch from painting texture to soaring in flight. The initial appearance isn’t all that startling, coming after the appearance of somewhat subdued electronics, an understated acoustic guitar, and the occasional…
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Review: The Glad Husbands – “Safe Places”
Everything that’s muddy-minded about Safe Places – the new LP from Italian mathcore trio The Glad Husbands, out four days ago on CD and digital via Vollmer Industries – is encapsulated in the record’s sixth song, “Midas.” The song runs about five and a half minutes, and there’s a bridge seemingly for every time the…
Review: Not Your Friends – “Constructing A Mental Breakdown”
Constructing A Mental Breakdown, the ambitious burst of post-hardcore noise by Pittsburgh quartet Not Your Friends, is a vexing little document. First things first, it must be said that, when these guys crank up the vitriol, there’s simply no goddamn stopping them. There are many parts of the Bandcamp-only release, whose seven songs don’t even…