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Trollheart · 01-16-2017, 10:15 AM

Artiste: Captains of Sea and War
Nationality: Spanish
Album: Captains of Sea and War
Year: 2014
Label: None
Genre: Post rock/Prog rock
Tracks:
Call again
Kurtz
Aboard
You need to restart
Far
Zittersheim
Five times the sea
East
Chronological position: Debut album
Familiarity: Zero
Comments: It's an odd one this. Very good post-rock but there is some singing, which I find a little odd: I always thought post-rock was exclusively instrumental? We don't hear it again until the fifth track, “Far”, by which time it really takes me by surprise, Some good stuff in here though. It's good but as ever it's hard to pin down reasons why it's good, or if it really is that great. Definitely, the addition of occasional vocals is different, and makes the band at least stand out from the hundreds of other post-rock outfits out there.
Intention: I'm not really sure. Might check out their other release, but I don't feel particularly compelled to.

01-16-2017, 10:15 AM	#284 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	Artiste: Captains of Sea and War Nationality: Spanish Album: Captains of Sea and War Year: 2014 Label: None Genre: Post rock/Prog rock Tracks: Call again Kurtz Aboard You need to restart Far Zittersheim Five times the sea East Chronological position: Debut album Familiarity: Zero Comments: It's an odd one this. Very good post-rock but there is some singing, which I find a little odd: I always thought post-rock was exclusively instrumental? We don't hear it again until the fifth track, “Far”, by which time it really takes me by surprise, Some good stuff in here though. It's good but as ever it's hard to pin down reasons why it's good, or if it really is that great. Definitely, the addition of occasional vocals is different, and makes the band at least stand out from the hundreds of other post-rock outfits out there. Intention: I'm not really sure. Might check out their other release, but I don't feel particularly compelled to. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018