Cute folk-pop from Ireland, pretty vocal harmonies from two sisters.
Jun
18
Jun
15
gently drifting on the ocean, it’s beautiful and you’d like to take a dip, but then there are storms & whales & and other disasters coming from indeterminate points, and even though you’d like to know the origins, they’re irrelevant because the damage is already done, your boat’s been eaten by the sea, and as you wade out there alone, stranded, and desperate, you realize that - although shit’s terrible and things look grim - in the end, everything will be alright.
Jun
10
This is an excellent new album from Gifts From Enola, post-rockers from Virginia (which pretty much makes them the only good band ever to come out of Virginia). There is a ton of similar-sounding post-rock music these days, so it can be hard to tell what is worth listening to. From Fathoms stays true to the genre but is not limited by it, showing that Gifts From Enola can experiment while still retaining their style. The songs aren’t just the straightforward quiet-then-get-louder-and-louder-until-the-epic-climax formula that so many post-rock bands churn out (I believe we have Explosions in the Sky to thank for that)- song stuctures and musical elements are varied enough to make the whole album interesting and unrepetitive. This album may not restore jaded fans’ faith in post-rock entirely, but it proves that the genre is still relevant and valuable.
