Posts Tagged: A Thousand Arms

Din of Celestial Birds ~ The Night Is for Dreamers

Let’s start with one of the early singles, “Downpour,” because it captures a quintessential festival moment: the band is on stage, the skies open, the deluge falls and the players keep playing.  Leeds quintet Din of Celestial Birds witnessed this drama in

Din of Celestial Birds ~ The Night Is for Dreamers

Let’s start with one of the early singles, “Downpour,” because it captures a quintessential festival moment: the band is on stage, the skies open, the deluge falls and the players keep playing.  Leeds quintet Din of Celestial Birds witnessed this drama in

Indignu ~ Adeus

There’s a slight disadvantage to leading with one’s best, fullest track, as Indignu has done with “urge decifrar no céu.”  One expects the entire album to sound like the (extended) single.  Only after hearing the piece in context does the whole make

Indignu ~ Adeus

There’s a slight disadvantage to leading with one’s best, fullest track, as Indignu has done with “urge decifrar no céu.”  One expects the entire album to sound like the (extended) single.  Only after hearing the piece in context does the whole make

Baulta ~ Another Second Chance

Finland post-rock quartet Baulta has emerged from the pandemic with a new album, prefaced by a pair of singles and a unified look.  All the post-rock hallmarks are here: slow builds, big hooks, peaks and valleys, a sense of catharsis.  The quartet

Baulta ~ Another Second Chance

Finland post-rock quartet Baulta has emerged from the pandemic with a new album, prefaced by a pair of singles and a unified look.  All the post-rock hallmarks are here: slow builds, big hooks, peaks and valleys, a sense of catharsis.  The quartet

Ranges ~ Babel / Confusion of Tongues

There’s a lot to unpack in Ranges’ extravagant new release ~ literally, for those fortunate enough to own the deluxe edition.  Our top rock/post-rock pick for fall 2020 pulls out all the stops in concept and execution, while turning the studio knobs

Ranges ~ Babel / Confusion of Tongues

There’s a lot to unpack in Ranges’ extravagant new release ~ literally, for those fortunate enough to own the deluxe edition.  Our top rock/post-rock pick for fall 2020 pulls out all the stops in concept and execution, while turning the studio knobs

Pillars ~ Cavum

Can a post-rock band be both massive AND melodic? Absolutely.  This is the arena of Indianapolis (Indiana) quartet Pillars, who live so close to October’s POST! festival that they can sleep in their own beds. “Dissolution” was the album’s lead single,

Pillars ~ Cavum

Can a post-rock band be both massive AND melodic? Absolutely.  This is the arena of Indianapolis (Indiana) quartet Pillars, who live so close to October’s POST! festival that they can sleep in their own beds. “Dissolution” was the album’s lead single,

Hey Post-Rock Fans, Would You Like 4 Hours of Music for Free?

34 tracks, 4 hours of free music, new and unreleased ~ music we’ve reviewed, music we haven’t and bands we had never heard of before today.  Open Language Volume IIII is the eighth double compilation from Montana’s A Thousand Arms.  In all,

Hey Post-Rock Fans, Would You Like 4 Hours of Music for Free?

34 tracks, 4 hours of free music, new and unreleased ~ music we’ve reviewed, music we haven’t and bands we had never heard of before today.  Open Language Volume IIII is the eighth double compilation from Montana’s A Thousand Arms.  In all,