scratchingpostbanner.jpg (11153 bytes)
[news]  [features]  [reviews]  [articles]  [contact]  [search]  [home]

.

Landing - Oceanless

(Strange Attractors Audio House - www.strange-attractors.com)
[post-rock, ambient rock, psych]

landingoceanless.jpg (5167 bytes)This is just beautiful.  Crashing, feedback-drenched walls of guitar mark the first song here, bringing you a mixture of Caspar Brötzmann and Godspeed You Black Emperor!  It is an epic piece that deserved to be listened to in the dark.  Although you might think that it would be, it is not abrasive at all, but simply mind-numbingly beautiful. The second track brings in electronics and a guitar melody into the mix, in the vein of bands like Yume Bitsu.  The rest of the six pieces are also amazing, featuring stellar soundscapes that crash, wail, and blaze, but never become abrasive or painful. This mixture of melody and ambience is definitely worth getting. This marks the third release from Strange Attractors, a record label that hasn't had a single poor release.   This is for fans of bands like Godspeed You Black Emperor and Yume Bitsu.  In fact, members of Landing have already formed Surface of Eceon, a side-project with members of Yume Bitsu!

90%