Ghosting Season release much anticipated album The Very Last of The Saints
The Very Last of The Saints (Last Night On Earth records) is the debut album from the much talked about Ghosting Season.
The Manchester based duo are a band sat firmly in British leftfield music, citing Mogwai and Explosions in The Sky as influences, they're aiming their musical journey to led them down a different path. The opening track, Ghost Drift, opens with dreamy soundscapes I would expect from the aforementioned and leads into ambient electro beats that I would expect to hear in trendy Hoxton bar alongside trip-hop and electronica.
Far End of The Graveyard is track I assume came from their EP of the same name, released last year. This is a minimalist track that takes you on a static journey, transporting without really taking you anywhere.
The Muffled Sound of Voices is the Ronsil track of the album; while listening to this, you're not really listening to anything else. It leaves you in the dark crevices of your mind and all of a sudden I'm sat on a farmhouse roof, deep in the French countryside watching the sunrise while smoking a joint and listening to this.
Follow Your Eyes is the first use of subtle, yet effective vocals with beautiful melancholic strings and a lonely piano. Its gentle soundscape builds an atmospheric track that flows over you like warm waves of sonic water.
Lie/Through Your Teeth is haunting and eerie (no pun intended), its slow intro builds up anticipation towards a monologue of a man reciting his post-apocalytic and harrowing dream while odd knocking can be heard in the background. This track is spooky and wouldn't be out of place in an arthouse horror movie.
The latter part of the album goes from ambient soundscapes to ambient dance beats particularly Time Without Question and Pio, which if they haven't already, will at some point be played in Ibiza but would have been remixed by some Radio 1 DJ to make it more accessible.
Its minimalist soundscapes and slow build feel, makes this an album that doesn't have wide appeal but with more work could easily fit into the Mercury Music Prize proforma.
The Very Last of The Saints is an album that lets your mind wonder and takes you to other places, as a band who are just earning their stripes in a very difficult genre to get right, it's a sterling effort that can only lead to better things.
You can definitely hear influences from Mogwai, Four Tet and Radiohead. As they get more established, work collaboratively with producers who can bring out a more layered sound and build in confidence, this band can evolve into a firm fixture on the electro scene.
First published 21/04/2012
The Manchester based duo are a band sat firmly in British leftfield music, citing Mogwai and Explosions in The Sky as influences, they're aiming their musical journey to led them down a different path. The opening track, Ghost Drift, opens with dreamy soundscapes I would expect from the aforementioned and leads into ambient electro beats that I would expect to hear in trendy Hoxton bar alongside trip-hop and electronica.
Far End of The Graveyard is track I assume came from their EP of the same name, released last year. This is a minimalist track that takes you on a static journey, transporting without really taking you anywhere.
The Muffled Sound of Voices is the Ronsil track of the album; while listening to this, you're not really listening to anything else. It leaves you in the dark crevices of your mind and all of a sudden I'm sat on a farmhouse roof, deep in the French countryside watching the sunrise while smoking a joint and listening to this.
Follow Your Eyes is the first use of subtle, yet effective vocals with beautiful melancholic strings and a lonely piano. Its gentle soundscape builds an atmospheric track that flows over you like warm waves of sonic water.
Lie/Through Your Teeth is haunting and eerie (no pun intended), its slow intro builds up anticipation towards a monologue of a man reciting his post-apocalytic and harrowing dream while odd knocking can be heard in the background. This track is spooky and wouldn't be out of place in an arthouse horror movie.
The latter part of the album goes from ambient soundscapes to ambient dance beats particularly Time Without Question and Pio, which if they haven't already, will at some point be played in Ibiza but would have been remixed by some Radio 1 DJ to make it more accessible.
Its minimalist soundscapes and slow build feel, makes this an album that doesn't have wide appeal but with more work could easily fit into the Mercury Music Prize proforma.
The Very Last of The Saints is an album that lets your mind wonder and takes you to other places, as a band who are just earning their stripes in a very difficult genre to get right, it's a sterling effort that can only lead to better things.
You can definitely hear influences from Mogwai, Four Tet and Radiohead. As they get more established, work collaboratively with producers who can bring out a more layered sound and build in confidence, this band can evolve into a firm fixture on the electro scene.
First published 21/04/2012
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