Ocean Districts - Expeditions - review
Ocean Districts - Expeditions - review
Tracklist
01. The Horizon02. Arctic Circle
03. Expedition
04. Vessels
05. Endurance
06. Aurora
07. Seven Summits
08. Ataraxis
09. Discovery
A review by
Mindheist July 28, 2014
The artwork had the seeming of an untrodden mountain, torn by snow, mist and northern scents, peering from behind dark clouds and entombing the ghosts of Robert Falcon Scott, Thor Heyerdahl and Sir Ernest Shackleton - departed explorers from the 1900's. The message couldn't be any clearer - leave no stone unturned. Move, explore, travel before death comes knocking.
The sound itself is a mystery all insoluble. Plagued with unforeseen crescendos, Expeditions delves deep into the neural tracts and unleashes instrumental, ambient, progressive post-rock onslaughts. Majestic coalescence between slow-pouring riffs and chaotic shifts in rhythm within mad, melancholy-laden atmosphere paves the way for the imagination to take over. That's precisely when nature and dreams ooze through toe-to-toe with the music. Imagine...
Expeditions follows a very distinct formula and unique structural inversions - everything segues into a ghostly atmosphere, innocuously enough, with clean guitar strumming, lingering just long enough to be replaced by seething drumming and trenchant, slightly distorted guitars. Almost inaudible digital effects are then thrown into the audio spectrum to veer safely between eerie, dark ambient and heavy, scathing, progressive drone before fading away in total stillness.
Imagination; that's all you need when you're listening to post-rock. You just sit back, close your eyes and surrender your soul to Expedition - the debut album of Ocean Districts, sons of Tallinn, new rising starlet and future post-rock thunder.
Written by Mindheist | July 28, 2014
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Read about this band in Ivor's article. Now I am intrigued even more. Thanks for the review.
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Posts: 5718 Written by tea[m]ster on 30.07.2014 at 03:36 :  Riiight....I.
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Posts: 5277 Written by Ivor on 30.07.2014 at 11:49 Fixed...lol, my bad! I was typing on a mobile phone....fucking auto-correct! I knew it was you!
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Great to see you still reviewing! As for the band, color me curious. I think I'll have to check them 
---- My Author's Blog (in French)  "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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Thanks for the support, Séb. @tea[m]ster & Ivor: I thought it was "Ivor" all along 
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Posts: 9125 Written by Mindheist on 31.07.2014 at 02:23 You're welcome! Listened to the album, BTW. Good stuff, really!
---- My Author's Blog (in French) "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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