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Tag Archives: epic
cold cold heart
it’s not through laziness that we are re-posting old reviews, it’s just that we’ve tried twice now to download sets from bandcamp and we’ve been left waiting nigh on 10 minutes for signs of life to appear in our task … Continue reading
cold cold heart
We almost missed this what with all the traffic coming through our inbox of late – not enough hours in the day I hear you cry and not enough ears to listen to everything we say. This however is simply … Continue reading
principe valiente
Mentioned briefly in earlier despatches, we’ve now been united with a finished copy of Principe Valiente’s quite formidable ’choirs of blessed youth’ – a thunderous storm lashed gem of epic consequence to whose tender tear stained tumultuous tapestry hangs a … Continue reading
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Tagged dark grandeur, dream pop, epic, panoramic, post punk, principe valiente
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liu bei
Out in a few weeks via paradYse records is the debuting 7 inch from London based collective Liu Bei. Both haunting and majestic you can’t help but be swept along amid the emotional cyclone exerted by ’infatuation’ – all at … Continue reading
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Tagged emotionally crushing, epic, liu bei, paradyse, spectral
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kaukasus
Long time readers of the these musings will have no need for introductions where Rhys Marsh is concerned, past endeavours have seen him emerge variously heading up such guises as Autumn Ghost in recent years whilst last time out he … Continue reading
wizards tell lies and raining leaf
Literally hot off the presses from those Chapel Yard dudes a new collaboration between Raining Leaf and the as ever adored Wizards Tell Lies. At 26 and a half minutes in duration, ‘fallen’ is without doubt, not just deserving of … Continue reading
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Tagged chapelyard, collosal, epic, majestic, raining leaf, sci fi pop, wizards tell lies
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collapse under the empire
Immense. Both threatening and tender, beautiful and brutal yet absorbing and atmospheric, this monolithic masterwork is the latest single from collapse under the empire entitled ‘stairs to redemption’. prized from the duo’s imminent ‘sacrifice & isolation’ set due this May, … Continue reading
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Tagged ambient, collapse under the empire, epic, post rock
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veto
Every so often something comes along to blow the competition clean away. Something that can truly be called a classic in waiting. Something measured, quietly immense and with it deeply alluring and soundwise ahead of the curve. Something for instance … Continue reading
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Tagged austere, cinematic, dream pop, epic, small bear records, veto
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the new fabian society
Frankly this has been burning holes in our head since arriving in our in box earlier today, its the latest slice of dark foreboding from the New Fabian Society. Two well received EP’s already under their belt both of which … Continue reading
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Tagged brooding, dark, electric company records, epic, post punk oblivion, ravaged, the new fabian society
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