By: Peter Morsellino
Album
Type: Full Length
Date
Released:21/01/2020
Label: Independent
“We
Sent Fragile Creatures to the Heavens But Not All of Them Perished” DD track listing:
1). We sent fragile creatures to the
heavens but not all of them perished.
2). "Is it not worthy of tears,"
he said, "that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet
become lords of a single one?"
3). I looked and I looked but I didn’t
see God.
The
Review:
It would be hard to describe this
album in any simple terms. A mass of writhing, undulating sound sits before you
that changes fluidly and often. The best way would be to describe what the
album strives to accomplish. Dead
Cosmonauts use
this new release to test boundaries. To break down walls. To challenge ideas.
This album is idiosyncratic. This is
album is an exercise in dissonant beauty. This is perfection.
"We Sent Fragile Creatures to the
Heavens But Not All of Them Perished"
is only three songs, of comparatively short length for the Post Metal genre.
But Dead Cosmonauts uses their time wisely. No
riff stretches beyond comfort, no section overstaying its welcome. The expertly
crafted songs flow with the grace of the wind. It is a very natural sounding
album.
The album opens with a very
progressive, jazz like collage of dissonance.
The melodies are complex, the beats technical. There is a lot going on,
and at times this one can be a bit overwhelming. Overall though, in a section of metal often
maligned for its elitism, it is very easy to keep up with after listening a
time or two.
The second track is where the walls
really begin to come down. This is Post Metal for everyone. Gone is the better
than thou higher educated barrier keeping the common man out. This is a sludgy
romp that maintains its technicality without an ounce of pretentiousness.
The closing number (I'm not using
track names for obvious reasons) is a beautifully crafted piece full of
emotion. Every instrument shines in its own way, with sections seemingly
crafted to highlight each one before they all come together into a fist pumping
crescendo.
Gone are the days of Post Metal being
the Intelligent Dance Music of the rock world. Dead Cosmonauts brings together a product that can be consumed
with ease, without sacrificing the fundamental high concept of the genre. This
is not one to miss.
