Russian Circles - "Station" Vinyl LP

Please see photos for conditon, sleeve shows some very slight marking/damage (please see photos).

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 Iron Maiden or Judas Priest 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.
A1     Fox Fanfare    
A2     Main Title    
A3     Something Else: Cut 'Em Down; Payback Time    
A4     The Truck    
A5     Jungle Trek    
B1     Girl's Escape    
B2     Blaine's Death    
B3     What Happened    
B4     He's My Friend    
B5     We're Gonna Die    
B6     Building the Trap    
B7     The Waiting    
C1     Can You See Him?    
C2     Dillon's Death    
C3     Billy and Predator    
C4     Dutch Builds Trap    
D1     Predtor Injured    
D2     Hand to Hand Combat    
D3     Predator's Death    
D4     The Aftermath; The Pick-up and End Credits

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