Album
Type:
Full
Length
Date
Released:
July 3rd
2015
Label:
Golden
Antenna Records
Quintessential
Ephemera - Track Listing:
1.After The Funeral
2.(Untitled I)
3.(Untitled II)
4.(Untitled III)
5.(Untitled IV)
6.(Untitled V)
7.(Untitled VI)
8.(Untitled VII)
9.Nothing In The
Guise Of Something
Band
Members:
Matt Weed - guitar;
BJ McMurtrie -
drums;
Dave Grossman -
bass;
Mike Armine -
vocals, electronics;
Eric Jernigan -
guitar
Review:
Rosetta
are a band who don't really get the credit they deserve, somewhat
overshadowed by the likes of Isis, Russian Circles and Pelican,
they've got a solid back catalogue of full lengths, EPs and splits.
'Quintessential Ephemera' is their 5th full length and their 2nd that
they've released themselves,gotta love the DIY ethics!
Album
opener 'After the Funeral', which is more of an intro, lulls the
listener into a trance with it's layers of delay and reverb drenched
guitars that give nods to the likes of MBV and Mogwai. This bleeds
into the first proper song, 'Untitled 1' where vocalist Michael
Armine screams into action from the off. Guitars are thick and heavy
although the reverb guitars and synths give a layer of other
worldness.
The
following 6 songs are also untitled with all 7 being the album's
centrepiece. Untitled 3 is a personal highlight where nods to genre
progenitors Neurosis, Isis and Cult of Luna are prevalent with heavy
guitars and haunting synths as well as occasional clean harmonising
vocals. Untitled 5 is another personal highlight where guitars crank
up the delay and spoken word samples are thrown in.
The
whole album is expansive and ethereal in it's delivery and production
and by the time closer 'Nothing in the Guise of Something's last
notes have rung out, the listener will feel emotionally cleansed. My
only critique would be that the distorted guitars need to be louder
in the mix...but that's just a personal preference. A truly solid
effort from a brilliant band.
Words
by Chris Bull
Thanks
To Magnus at Creative Eclipse PR for the promo. Quintessential
Ephemera will be available to buy from Golden Antenna Records, War Crime Recordings on Vinyl and CD from here. It will be available as a BandCamp Buy Now Download from
June 22nd 015.
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