Artist: Band
Career: recording since 1999, 2nd album
Language: instrumental
Genre: Instrumental
A happy Godspeed you black emperor with pedal steel?
‘The sleepy strange’ is a well-chosen name for these 40 minutes of lovely, dreamy instrumentals. More post-rock? Up to a point – it’s slowly (very slowly) developing music, somewhere at the halfway point between ingeniously arranged and free flowing improvisation. But there is little music in post-rock so unafraid of beautiful melody and harmonic elegance. And with its layers of acoustic guitars, nimble drums, melodic basslines, ever present pedal steel, 70s synthesizer sounds and cello, it’s got a sound all its own. It’s not music that will knock you out (straight away or gradually), just some gorgeous and lush texture that might seep into your life. It did for me. Perfect for late night or early morning listening or just some background through your day.
Japancakes existed on the outskirts of Elephant 6, but don’t let that scare you off. They’ve got the friendly psychedelic vibe in common, but none of the lo-fi/home-recorded halfway in tune, in-need-of-editor problems that dog many of those bands. This is exactly what it should be.
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