New Russian Circles - Station LP vinyl

Repress released by Sargent House on 21st October 2016

Catalogue Number: SH007LP

Barcode: 844185010757

Instrumental Rock/Metal

Track Listing 01 Campaign 02 Harper Lewis 03 Station 04 Verses 05 Youngblood

06 Xavii

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Repressed on LP, this has not been available for a long time, this is a black vinyl pressing. Texture and dimension have become a big part of Russian Circles sound on this six- track album. They've got themselves out of the post-rock "build up and up and up and finally explode" equation.. They haven't left metal behind, but have tempered it somewhat with some softer sounds, a more gradual expansion, and layered textures on any given theme, or some set thereof. Mike Sullivan's guitar playing relies as much on fingerpicked swells that shimmer and refract as it does power chugging riffs. Dave Turncrantz's drums won't announce the shifts and twists and turns, either. He jumps in with the rest of the band, playing to the sense of drama and tension that get spread beautifully over the dimensions of space and power, framed perfectly by producer-engineer Matt Bayles. "Harper Lewis" takes the ominous heaviness that Russian Circles are known for, pours paranoid ambient sonics around the drum kit, and allows Cook to let that low end bass just throb wide open, until Sullivan just crushes the entire thing with his wall of squall stun riffing. Think of the menacing guitar intros of vintage NWOBHM paired with the sense of distortion, detuned feedback, and the noir transcendence of Isis or Pelican. The softer tunes, such as "Verses" and "Xavi," are really compelling puzzle pieces loaded with tricky corners, intricate spaces, and floating guitar and bass parts that open the door of power rock infinity but stop at the threshold. The bottom line is that this diversity is not a lack of focus, but growth and development that make the band stand out from the pack, making the effort to spin this a few times yield very big rewards.