Glissade - Further
It has been raining here off and on all morning, seemed like the perfect time to throw on the new record Further from Greensboro, NC shoegaze trio Glissade. While the cover of the album features a nice shot of an ocean coast, I don’t have that same sort of view here in the Midwest so I am making due by syncing it up to a cloudy/rainy afternoon. Music to watch the streams of water jet down my road and into my yard, creating a lovely mess of trash and decomposing leaves to pick up tomorrow.While I am not quite sure how long Glissade have been around, Further marks their fifth release and second full-length record. It also happens to be the first time I have ever heard the band and I must say the initial impression is a strong one. Further strives to be a successful and effective atmospheric journey, and for the most part it meets its goal. Just by the appearance of the album, it would almost lead one to believe that the entire album is just slowly blended rise and falls of distortion. At least for me the album name Further automatically triggers some sort of Flying Saucer Attack element. However though, Glissade takes on more of a post-rock approach, giving the songs more of a distinctive appearance from one another. Furthermore, the band also manages to burst out with some fairly hard hitting and intense pieces during some of the songs climaxes which reveal a completely unexpected side to the band…at for me as a first time listener. But going back to the FSA mention though, while it’s probably completely coincidental, Glissade does have a slight psychedelic wrapping to their song craft that does kind of remind me of the bands more pysch influenced material. This is definitely something that fans of instrumental shoegaze/post-rock will want to check out. Think Destroyalldreamers, but without as much of the glimmering sheen to them and bit of a rougher edge.
Glissade – Fields of Snow [MP3]
For those looking to pick up Glissade’s latest full-length, then head on over to Tonevendor to do so. Good stuff.
posted by Jonathan at
2:01 PM
1 Comments:
Whoa! Thanks for this. I'm up late in the evening (well, more like wee hours of the morning) and this is just what I was in the mood for. It doesn't stray far from other instrumental post-rockers, but it's fresher than EiTS and Mogwai's last albums (not that they were bad). And I do like the shoegaze influence; definitely has a dreamy quality to the first couple minutes; the climax makes me think of whales ascending out the uncalm sea.
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