▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: UpCDownC ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Calaveras █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2011 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2012-01-17 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Instrumental Rock ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Field Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Mixing elements of both post and stoner rock, █ █ UpCDownC (or to give them their full title █ █ upcdowncleftcrightcabc+start) return with their █ █ 4th album ûCalaveras. The previous four being well █ █ received by critics and fans a like, it would be █ █ damn shame if the latest offering from this 4 █ █ piece (previously 5) from Kent be anything less. █ █ █ █ Thankfully being minus one in number has not █ █ adversely effected another strong effort. Both █ █ life drums and loops drive compliment the song █ █ structures well, and whilst the producton treads █ █ the boundary between under-produced and raw, █ █ thinly at times, it is refreshingly honest. The █ █ swirling synths & arpeggio guitar bring to mind a █ █ piece of apocalyptic science fiction written in █ █ the past but set in the future. A moron might call █ █ it post-futurism û and gritty post-futurism at █ █ that. Like that zone in the crystal maze. If █ █ youÆre into that sort of thing. █ █ █ █ And they will not sit still with an idea. As quick █ █ as one down tempo prog chord pattern settles, itÆs █ █ replaced with a pounding simplistic riff. Because █ █ any one section rarely repeats itself, it can be █ █ tough to really latch onto a song, particularly █ █ during a casual listen. Equally however, itÆs █ █ impossible to get bored when nothing average █ █ outstays itÆs welcome, and anything good leaves █ █ you wanting more. █ █ █ █ æWolves In The WallsÆ is a prime example. █ █ Initially underwhelming, it undergoes a █ █ metamorphosis and becomes an aggressive powerhouse █ █ and probably the standout on the record. ItÆs a █ █ bit like standing in a corridor between Explosions █ █ In The Sky and Kyuss shows. █ █ █ █ At first, itÆs easy to wonder whether they are a █ █ bit confused, or overcomplicating things, but █ █ after a few tracks it becomes apparent that they █ █ know exactly what theyÆre doing and whatÆs more, █ █ UpCDownC are pretty damn good at it. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Sky Net 1:41 ░ ░ 2. Sons of the Desert 4:14 ░ ░ 3. Wolves in the Walls 6:52 ░ ░ 4. Roman Horses 2:18 ░ ░ 5. Monumental Mood Shift 6:59 ░ ░ 6. Spectral Fires 1:51 ░ ░ 7. Christmas '86 8:48 ░ ░ 8. (The Plains) Skeletal 7:39 ░ ░ 9. Sky Net (Reprise) 2:40 ░ ░ 43:02 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░