Sunday 15 May 2011

A Little EP for thee.

Shoegaze; probably the genre with the best name. It came about due to the on stage habits of a band called Moose. Moose used have a preposterous amount of effects peddles scattered about the stage and a journalist coined the phrase as they seemed to spend all their time gazing at their shoes. I get it. It's good.


Jesu started as a post metal band formed by creator in chief Justin Broadrick, Jesu being the phoenix rising from the ashes of Goldflesh. Jesu's post metal music has transformed into something a little more melodic and shoegaze-ish. Silver is a fantastic EP. Four tracks and about thirty minutes in total.

The title track; Silver is fantastic and put me in the mind of a cross between Mogwai and The Antlers, although lacking the vocal quality of the latter somewhat. The EP has an epic sound throughout, with deep soundscapes and it creates a lovely unrushed mood whilst retaining enough crash to be exciting.

The EP and the majority of Jesu's release are available at the destination of this link(open in a new tab to avoid jumping off page).

Peace

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