The Appleseed Cast's seventh full-length Sagarmatha is out today. The Kansas group still gets the emo tag on occasion, but at this point their sound -- largely instrumental, elegant post-rock -- exists outside Mineral references. On the new collection singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci doesn't work out his vocal chords too much; instead, we get shadowy intonations and submerged lyricism. See, for instance, "Raise The Sails " and "The Summer Before ." In most cases, after a while, the words give way to shimmering guitars passages. Check out another Sagarmatha epic, "A Bright Light."

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