ARTIST: The End of the Ocean TITLE: Pacific/Atlantic LABEL: futurerecordings GENRE: Instrumental Rock BITRATE: 257kbps avg PLAYTIME: 0h 48m total RELEASE DATE: 2011-03-00 RIP DATE: 2012-03-07 Track List ---------- 1. On The Long Road Home 10:06 2. Verses From Our Captain 3:58 3. Worth Everything Ever Wished 5:54 For 4. To Be Buried And Discovered 3:08 Again 5. May Be For The Better 4:27 6. Southern Skies 5:14 7. A Dividing Line 4:11 8. We Always Think There Is Going 11:17 To Be More Time... Release Notes: http://www.theendoftheocean.com/ http://www.myspace.com/theendoftheocean Pacific.Atlantic starts off rolling immediately, like driving far across the southern countryside on a dark highway. The rain is pouring, and magnificent bolts of lighting illuminate the sky. YouÆve been driving through the night, and it is almost dawn. The clouds clear away s soon as the sun crests the horizon, and then a surge of extraordinary happiness fills you, as you finally get home (as the title suggests)à Every track on this album bursts with emotion and vivid imagery (in combination with the song titles: in my opinion, song titles with instrumental music is extremely important, and these guys did a great job in this department). This is the type of album I wish there was more of. The technical side of things: The production is really crisp, but not over processed. The performances are near perfect, not at all robotic. It has a perfect runtime of 48 mins, any longer and It wouldÆve started to drag out, and any less it would feel less like an album and more like an EP. The standout tracks here are ôOn the Long Road Homeö, ôWorth Everything Ever Wished Forö, ôSouthern Skiesö (IÆm not gonna lie, the part towards the end with the electronic percussion made me tear up a bit), and ôA Dividing Lineö. All the tracks are awesome, but these were the ones that made me throw my head around the most. They use strings and keys in a really unique way, evident on every track. The way they construct and build their songs is also very different and refreshing. I never felt like I was waiting too long for a climax to happen or for a climax to end for that matter. Everything about the record has a charm and shine to it that makes it stand out as a post rock record in a way thatÆs impossible to describe.