Daily Peaks · 07-11-2024
Ich habe so ein paar Auslöser, einer davon ist der Umgang mit Sprache und auch der Devokalisierung von Slogans, die einseitig von einer Richtung in die andere gerichtet sind. Bei Tiefenrausch kann ich es zum Teil nachvollziehen, da es einige Bands mit diesem Namen gibt und TFNRSH visuell recht einprägsam ausschaut. Nun habe ich einen sehr interessanten Song der Tübinger Band Tiefenrausch vor mir, der spannende 11 Minuten lang wie zwei Minuten vergehen lässt. Sowohl vom Aufbau als auch vom...
Daily Peaks · 28-10-2024
I was already stoked by their first single "End of the World" which was released around August 2024. And after receiving other parts of the puzzle, "The Spiral" finally could be listen in its entirety. What was already apparent back in August is now apparent as a whole; the EP is a coherent acoustic concept album. While the opener "In the Beginning" is a straight and pleasant semi-acoustic song with a huge epic dimension, which is ideal for setting equally epic landscapes to music. This song...
Unknown Pleasures · 02-10-2024
The Australian band "Black Aleph" performs music that should be saved for special moments. It is not background music for everyday things, but for special feelings that intuitively call for this band. I look out of the window here in Munich and there is an autumnal gray veil over colorful leaves, the smell of the last apples and pears are in the air and all these different aspects of autumn are carried on the spheres that this band produces. Personally, I find the video too colorful for this...
Festivals · 29-09-2024
What seemed like a coincidence turned out to be one of the best festivals of the year over the course of the day. Starting with the location on a hiking trail through the rocks and maquis at Le fare Les Oliviers, the quality of the bands, the quality of the sound and the light in the venue and the acquaintances we made during the festival. Click on the button for the report.
Daily Peaks · 17-09-2024
Berlin’s neànder returns with their latest single Ultra, and if you’re not yet familiar with their potent cocktail of post-rock, shoegaze, drone, and sludge, this track is your invitation aural initiation. The band—three guitarists and a drummer, no bass in sight—crafts a rich, immersive sound that’s as heavy as it is atmospheric. Ultra opens with a brooding, slow-burn build, each guitar weaving layers of echoing melodies that creep up on you, until the inevitable sludge-infused wall...
Daily Peaks · 30-08-2024
After the split of the Spanish post-rock band Toundra in 2023, which has not yet been resolved, the throne for their successor is still vacant. The Italian trio "Platonick Dive" has what it takes to be the heir to the throne with the previously released 4th single "'Too Beautiful To Die Too Wild To Live'. As with the 3rd single Faro, the Italians, the only post-rock band I know of, manage to create a lot of atmosphere within a few minutes with very little effort. In contrast to the majority of...
Daily Peaks · 30-07-2024
This album is a product of patience, prompts and presets with AI. I never expected that AI is able to compose such complex songs like the opener "Fractal Fragments". I added some effects via GarageBand, cut some parts out of the song. The whole song sounds like a singing bowl with electric guitars within the orbit. The title "Torn Territory" resulted by the oriental hook inside the track, the lyrics refer to the ancient states in the Middle East Moab (red), Edom (green), Pathros - Upper Egypt -...
Daily Peaks · 27-06-2024
I would actually listen to a lot more post-rock if the voice suited the music, the sound wasn't too mushy and the songs had a certain structure and thus recognition value. And then by chance an email comes from Bandcamp, suggesting 5 bands to me and one of them is Remina from New Zealand. This band really manages to create a cathedral of a transparent, clear sound that seems to float above everything despite all the heaviness. Responsible for this lightness is the fantastic voice of Heike...
Daily Peaks · 05-06-2024
We could never get used to this band; we found the name just as repulsive as the Spanish Inquisition costume. These two aspects are diametrically opposed to the music of the band from Salamanca; since 2012, the band has been serving up the finest post-rock with numerous changes in dynamics and tempo, as well as influences from noise, doom or ambient, which demands a lot of attention from the listener. This is also the case with their new single "El silencio de un Gesto". It's not really new,...
Unknown Pleasures · 06-05-2024
Actually, you can´t repeat any feelings from your past life. Pam Risourié managed to put me back in 1989 to 1991, when I was completely in Sonic Youth, Mazzy Star, Eleventh Dream Day, Yo la tengo and others. This record is an authentic time capsule from the past which I keep close to my heart. Merci!!