I realized last night that I haven't posted a single post rock album since we started, which is a shame since this blog thrives on the melancholy music provides. However, I must admit my recent departure from the post rock genre, since it seemed to be recycling the same ideas and patterns in a very non-creative way. Too many bands, few good songs and fewer (if any) good albums. But once in a while, there comes a record that reminds you that the scene is not dead.
The Calm Blue Sea don't present necessarily something new to the scene, but they have all those elements that one loves about post rock. The melodies, the emotion, the musical structure that progresses to noise. And what a nice noise that is... I also liked the use of the piano in TCBS. It kinda has an introductory role and lets later the guitars take control. The Calm Blue Sea are from Austin Texas, like the post rock heroes Explosions In The Sky. You can hear the resemblance.
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