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Originally Posted by Alternative Press
The four serious young men of Volta Do Mar seem to think that post-rock needs a healthy dose of prog-rock drama and technique; fortunately, they have the chops and creativity to make a potentially disastrous approach sound wonderful. While many toiling in Tortoise's wake have misguidedly emulated the group's most soporific traits, Volta Do Mar keep listeners on the edge of their seats with bracingly abrupt dynamics and unconventional melodies that suggest more than a few King Crimson and Don Caballero LPs in the band members' collections. These dudes also wisely realize that singing is best left to the few gifted souls who can genuinely do it properly.
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yeah so as much as i hate quoting lame ohio-based magazines that usually don't know sh
it about sh
it, i'm much too underqualified to describe the musical behemoth that is volta do mar. originating from chicago, like all good bands do, volta do mar sound at times like your typical math rock shredfest dudes. other times they sound like jungle cats that somehow grew thumbs and learned how to make desert music from siberian sun gods, the kind that only come out once every few eons or so. "At The Speed Of Light Or Day" is one of the best albums i've heard in a while in the post-rock genre, a genre that i'd loved until repetitive atonal guitar chords played over dramatic drumming got boring.
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