Tertia is the third album from the post-rock instrumental New England band , whose marriage of raw power and delicate beauty has drawn comparisons to the works of like-minded indie acts Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai.
Tertia, to be released September 15, 2009, features 10 tracks, loaded with intricate, heavily layered guitar melodies and awe-inspiring soundscapes that flow nearly flawlessly together. Tertia contains plenty of mystifying melodies and mountainous crescendos much similar to their previous releases, You Are The Conductor (2005) and The Four Trees (2007), yet seems to go a step further, adding more diversified layers and variety to the songs. Songs on Tertia often change pace and contain a much broader range of beats and melodies. These additions make the 7-9 minute long tracks much more entertaining, avoiding issues like the sometimes monotonous and boring moments in their previous release. Even the track La Cerva from their split with The Constants breathes new life.
Caspian possess a keen ability to create vividly illustrated stories without the use of a single word, spoken or sung, in their music. Instead, the band chooses to create their stories through pure instrumentation. The same holds true for this album, which open with a whisper and ends with a snarlingly epic conclusion. Perhaps the theme of the album is an ideal reflection of Caspian themselves, a band that insists on finding its own way and settles for nothing less than instrumental perfection. With their third magnificent release, Tertia, the agenda of the newly surfaced Caspian is now clear: to create wonderfully artistic instrumental music combined with intriguing storylines that will make us all stand in awe for years to come.
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Caspian – 
Of Foam and Wave from Tertia (2009)