The Appleseed Cast has a sound that you might have a hard time categorizing until you hear someone use the phrase "Midwest post-rock." Then it becomes obvious that that's exactly what they sound like, even if the term itself is really kind of baffling. You have to hear it to understand: the Appleseed Cast's sound is often noisy, but is never just noise; they experiment with weird and unusual production approaches, but you wouldn't call them avant-garde. Nestled within the sometimes dense clouds of guitar noise are genuinely attractive hooks, and their songs often contain puzzling but highly effective contradictions. Note, for example, "Here We Are (Family in the Hallways)," which is one of the album's finest tracks and sounds both chaotically hooky and energetically heartbroken. Nothing can really prepare you for the sonically bizarre "Mountain Halo," but then, the Robert Smith vocal inflections on "February" are every bit as surprising. The instrumental tracks are all very interesting, but with the exception of the excellent "An Orange and a Blue," none is as engaging as the songs, and the one that ends the program takes things out with more of a whimper than a bang. Recommended overall.
It's blowing me away. Buy it now. No, buy it yesterday. You can't? Then build a time machine and then go buy it yesterday. If your time machine has a "week ago" setting, turn the dial to that one. Or better yet, the "year ago" setting. But it won't be out then. So, you're screwed. "Week Ago" is enough for now.
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In light of their new release last month, which i haven't fully committed to yet, I have been listening to some of my favorites of the past. This brings the track "Ceremony" back into full rotation. When this album came out in 2006, I was doing volunteer work in South Africa. I had been placed in the desert in the middle of nowhere for little over a year. A buddy of mine had sent a mini mp3 pl
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It's blowing me away. Buy it now. No, buy it yesterday. You can't? Then build a time machine and then go buy it yesterday. If your time machine has a "week ago" setting, turn the dial to that one. Or better yet, the "year ago" setting. But it won't be out then. So, you're screwed. "Week Ago" is enough for now.
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Want to help a great band play Lollapalooza/Chicago? Yeah I know, I can't make it to the actual concert either but hey, doesn't mean I don't want them to play! Please, click "here":http://www.freshtracksmusic.com/lolla2006/showartist.aspx?aid=51282&sgn=Indie+Rock to vote for The Appleseed Cast. Remember, vote with all of your e-mail addresses!
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Well, it looks like The Appleseed Cast are in the final four! YAY! After looking like they weren't gonna make it due to lack of votes, officals discovered that the integrity of the votes had been compromised, giving bands FAR more votes than they actually had. When the dust settled, cheaters were gone and four bands were left: "Everybody Else":http://www.freshtracksmusic.com/lolla2006/showartis...
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