AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR formed just 3 years ago in 2006, their self titled, debut full length album was released last month and I've been spinning it quite a bit recently. First brought to my attention due to their current UK tour with the fantastic
MAYBESHEWILL they play a blend of very mathy post rock and sharp, aggressive instrumental metal. In my own humble opinion they craft quite an intelligently structured form of post rock/metal, maybe a little more complex than a lot of the exceptionally long and ever growing line of similar instrumental bands which has made this record and this band stand out somewhat from the rest of the genre that I have been absorbing gradually over the last year or so.
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AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR - SELF TITLED (2009)
There has been a lot of hype surrounding the bands live performances, with the NME and Kerrang! as well as a lot of their local press in Northern Ireland so far up their arse's at times it must have stung a little afterwards but having had the good fortune to see them play with
MAYBESHEWILL and local support
GUARDED BY ROBOTS at the Head of Steam in Newcastle just last night I can say that at least as far as I am concerned their explosive, energetic and aggressive live performances deserve all of the positive press. They still have a lot of touring of the UK to do this year including a number of oversea's festivals and a massive gig with the mighty
CLUTCH in Leeds later this year and so I would expect a lot more exposure to come over the following months and years.
Recommended to fans of:
MAYBESHEWILL,
65DAYSOFSTATIC,
RUSSIAN CIRLES.
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"SET GUITARS TO KILL")
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"I CAPTURE CASTLES (LIVE)"