Gifts From Enola

Sometimes Virginia based instrumental act start with a whisper and end with a scream, but on their latest album, ‘From Fathoms’, they begin with a scream and proceed into a symphonic odyssey that Aaron Copland might have composed if he’d played electric guitar. The sophomore effort from this band of epic-style prog-rockers, ‘From Fathoms’ was released on June 9th–and changes all preexisting assumptions of what ‘experimental post rock’ is supposed to sound like. Intense, instrumental music infused with fatalistic affect, this is a requiem for a planet. Expressionist, it recalls a simmering Arctic landscape placid for days, suddenly punctuated by a punishing electrical storm. Playing like a symphony in eight movements, the album is composed entirely of bass, guitar, and drums. A moody but gorgeous album infused with youthful sincerity, it is cinematic in scope with soothing soundscapes of atmospheric, ambient, and shimmering chimes interspersed with crashing interludes of heavy metal-style guitar explosions and drums with intricate time signatures. File under post-rock . . . or modern composition.

Gifts From Enola – Weightless Frame

Gifts From Enola -Benthos

Glaciers

is the project of British musician and illustrator Nicolas Burrows, based in Leeds, UK and Montreal, QC. The material was originally initiated to create songs for a 6-track ep, released on Nous Vous Press in 2007. Glaciers is intended to be a collaborative musical outfit, with contributors so far including Mike Payne (Mechanical Owl), William Edmonds (VFT) and Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin). The songs are often based on sketchbook material built up over several months and eventually worked into songs. He is currently already working on his next album with Mike Payne as of May 11th. We look forward to see what arises.

Glaciers - How Long

Winfred E. Eye

Oakland based act Winfred E. Eye’s (which is actually 4 guys) music defies description except to say it is coming from somewhere steeped in early blues with a Neil Young overlay and the feel of country, blues, pop, and folk. Some would point to Tom Waits and others as Winfred E. Eye’s forbearers, but the muse here is genuinely unique and the sounds are those that only budding geniuses could make. Winfred E. Eye’s music features deft, poised guitar playing, vivid lyrical imagery, and melodies that burrow into your brain–as if they’d been there all along.

Winfred E. Eye - Lil Peck

Winfred E. Eye – Two Baby Moths

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