Eraas' debut full-length is an atmospheric, bass-heavy, haunting piece of music. Though the songs do tend to get a little same-y (due to the fixation on a specific mood and the whispered vocals throughout), this is an incredibly cohesive and cinematic release. The soundtrack to a psychological thriller made by your favorite post-punk bands.
Favorites: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11. No FCCs (vocals are largely unintelligible).

Similar artists/releases: Snowman "Absence", The Soft Moon, haunted house Radiohead, Suuns, Liars "WIXIW", Demdike Stare, Forest Swords "Engravings"

1. (1:53) ** Slow. Atmospheric, cinematic, ominous. Sound of wind blowing with chimes and then orchestral swells. Instrumental. Great for a sound-bed.
2. (4:36) **** Mid. Begins with bass and static before a driving groove kicks in. Krautrock feel. Eerie textures and ghostly vocals. Fades out and ends with what sounds like a drum machine trapped in the attic, transitions perfectly into track 3.
3. (4:17) **** Mid. Layered build of sound with those high eerie vocals. Noisy fade-out.
4. (5:18) **** Slow/Mid. Dark ambient backdrop. Whispered vocals and vaguely Western guitars. Forest ritual music.
5. (3:58) **** Mid/Fast. Piano atop layered percussion. Transportive. Grows into a chant.
6. (1:12) ** Nighttime ambient. Perfect for a sound-bed. Great lead-up to track 7.
7. (4:59) **** Creative, stick-on-stick caveman percussion with beautiful background textures. Tribal. Favorite track on here. Fades out.
8. (1:38) Distant vocals and oddly-effected drums. Dark and distorted. Wonderfully weird. Transitions into track 9.
9. (2:47) *** Driven by a dare I say funky bass line? Most prominent vocals on the CD. Definitely its poppiest moment.
10. (4:05) Slow. Ominous drone with spectral voices. Shamanistic drum hits fill the space about 1:00 in. Whispered group vocals. Super creepy.
11. (5:23) **** Hypnotic tom-heavy drumming. Overlapping guitar and synth textures. About 4 min explodes into blasts of distortion and guitar, giving some release for the first time in this tense, mysterious album. Reviewed by Muscat