The award for the most on-the-nose song title of the week goes to Denton, Texas' Pyramids. I found this gem on the always stellar British blog, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, from the self titled debut of a band who is confusingly not the recent Domino Records' signing the Pyramids who share the bloggers' home isle. These Pyramids traffic in delicate post-rock that will be of great interest to the (admittedly small) minority who thought the ambient tracks on Cryptograms were sort of vital to that records' appeal. But more than a reflecting pool of quietude, "The Echo of Something Lovely" feels like a gorgeous shoegaze ballad with all of its easy entry points forcibly blockaded. The vocal sighs evoke longing without articulating it concretely. The guitars combat a creeping white noise chirp, before both elements resituate themselves comfortable without truly coming to blows. I suppose those who crave truly epic directness might be put off by this, but sometimes you need the shade more than the tree that cast it. Pyramids
The Echo of Something Lovely (Track Review)
The award for the most on-the-nose song title of the week goes to Denton, Texas' Pyramids. I found this gem on the always stellar British blog, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, from the self titled debut of a band who is confusingly not the recent Domino Records' signing the Pyramids who share the bloggers' home isle. These Pyramids traffic in delicate post-rock that will be of great interest to the (admittedly small) minority who thought the ambient tracks on Cryptograms were sort of vital to that records' appeal. But more than a reflecting pool of quietude, "The Echo of Something Lovely" feels like a gorgeous shoegaze ballad with all of its easy entry points forcibly blockaded. The vocal sighs evoke longing without articulating it concretely. The guitars combat a creeping white noise chirp, before both elements resituate themselves comfortable without truly coming to blows. I suppose those who crave truly epic directness might be put off by this, but sometimes you need the shade more than the tree that cast it.
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