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' _:_________|_ _|_________:_ | | | | _ _____|___|_ _|___|_____ _ | | | | | . | | . | | : | | : | | l | | l | | X | | X | | X | 01. White Owl 19:44 | X | | X | 02. Out of Darkness 16:51 | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | ! x | | x ! . - : : - . :: . . :: `:::: . . ::::' :: :: `:::: . . ::::' :: :: `:::: . r e l e a s e . n o t e s . ::::' `: BUY AT :' `: http://monumentscollapsesf.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled-lp `: :' `: Praise for Monuments Collapseæs S/T :' `: from San FranciscoÆs aQuarius :' `: Records: This is the debut release :' `: from this young local outfit, and :' `: itÆs a doozy. Obviously influenced :' `: by the post-metal heavies like :' `: Neurosis and Isis, they also infuse :' `: their sound with some seriously :' `: atmospheric twang flecked dreaminess :' `: a la Earth or Barn Owl. Two side :' `: long epics, each one a brooding slow :' `: build. :' `: :' `: Doomy for sure, but also :' `: atmospheric, and darkly psychedelic. :' `: Clouds of downtuned guitar shimmer :' `: ride atop, loping rhythms, all :' `: wreathed in a swirl of distant :' `: guitar shimmer. Opener æWhite OwlÆ :' `: begins total True Widow style :' `: slowcore, and we would have been :' `: perfectly happy if it just kept :' `: plodding along like that, hypnotic :' `: low slung doom-dirge mesmer, totally :' `: tranced out and dreamy. :' `: :' `: But then about four minutes in, the :' `: guitars com crashing down, blown out :' `: and in the red, huge heaving walls :' `: of cascading riffage. We sorta :' `: expected the band to stay locked :' `: into that doomy trudge, but instead, :' `: things settle down into that opening :' `: psychedelia again, before bursting :' `: into something much more math /post :' `: rocky, replete with some super tense :' `: leads, emotional and minor key, adds :' `: some serious pathos and drama to the :' `: proceedings. :' `: :' `: And again, we would have been just :' `: as happy if it never got heavy / :' `: loud again, but obviously it does, :' `: and we were pretty darn happy about :' `: that too. A dense, chugging mathy :' `: tangle, that explodes into a :' `: churning doomy groove, complete with :' `: bellowed, glass gargling vox, :' `: eventually slowing down to an almost :' `: ultra-doom sludge, before once :' `: again, returning to the dark psych- :' `: dirge opening, only to surprise with :' `: one final burst of skull caving :' `: heaviness right at the end. :' `: :' `: The flipside offers up another :' `: variation, similarly structured but :' `: a bit more riffy, the vocals :' `: swooping in much earlier this time, :' `: the sound a bit like a more raw, and :' `: more fierce Katatonia, but with the :' `: same sort of minor key melodicism. :' `: And like the first side / track, the :' `: song seems to swing back and forth :' `: between the two, mixing it up here, :' `: by wedding those bellowed vokills to :' `: the clean guitar and rums breakdown, :' `: before once again bursting into some :' `: seriously headbanging riffery and :' `: some soaring, emotional Godspeed :' `: style crescendos. :' `: :' `: Fans of all things slow and low, :' `: heavy and sludge-y, post metal and :' `: metallic post rock, will wonder :' `: where these guys have been all their :' `: lives. And as mentioned above, clear :' `: a little space between your Isis and :' `: Neurosis records, cuz while this :' `: might not be the most original sound :' `: ever, these guys do it really well, :' `: and add their own sonic twists, and :' `: while this is pretty great for a :' `: first record, it definitely points :' `: toward some bigger and better things :' `: to come. :' . ......... . . ................... . : .....::::::::::' : | `````:::::::' | : | `:::::::' | : | | `..:' | | _|__| ` |__|_ __ _________.' | | `._________ __ _ _____________ _ _______________ S! | . ______ _____ / __ __ _____ /__ __ ____ i . _/ ___/ | ___/ /__| |__| | | ___/ / /__| |__ \__| i__ |________. |__________________.| |______/_______ ___\_____ __/ |__| |_____ _ |__| . |__| __ _________ . c r u e l t y . _________ __ `. | _ ___ ____ ____ | .' "|""| | | | ___| ___| |""|" | | ` | | | | : | ` ._______| | : | ------- | : """""" : ' ''''' ` ` --- ` ` _ "" ` -