| Eraas / Initiation |
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| Album: | Initiation | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Eraas | Added: | 01/2014 | |
| Label: | Felte | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-01-09 | Pull Date: | 2014-03-13 |
| Week Ending: | 16 Mar | 2 Mar | 23 Feb | 16 Feb | 2 Feb | 19 Jan |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recent Airplay |
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| 1. | Wed, 12 Mar 14: | Mr. Esquire & The Terrahist Meow After Midnight | 4. | Fri, 14 Feb 14: | DJ Muscat A Visit From Drum (Valentine's) | |
| 2. | Fri, 28 Feb 14: | DJ Muscat A Visit From Drum | 5. | Tue, 28 Jan 14: | awyeh late night dryer | |
| 3. | Fri, 21 Feb 14: | DJ Muscat A Visit From Drum | 6. | Fri, 17 Jan 14: | DJ Muscat A Visit From Drum |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Muscat Reviewed 2014-01-04 | ||
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On their sophomore LP Eraas fuse together disparate experimental genres (ambient, electronic, post-punk) into a bracing, idiosyncratic, style. Dark and drum-heavy with whispered vocals. This album’s only flaw is that it often treads the same emotional and instrumental territory without much surprise or release of tension. Favorites: 1, 2, 6, 7. No FCCs (vocals are largely unintelligible). RIYL: Snowman "Absence", The Soft Moon, haunted house Radiohead, Suuns, Liars "WIXIW", Demdike Stare 1. (5:24) ** Muffled movie sample before breaking into an eerie propulsive groove. Ghostly vocals. Layers of programmed and acoustic percussion. Transitions into a more tribal toned down mood. Fades into ambience. 2. (4:18) ** Prominent bass, spooky textures, creative drumming, and those telltale vocals. Cuts out into a dark fog with about 30 sec left. 3. (1:43) * Boxy drums. Horror movie garage-rock. Abrupt fade out. 4. (4:03) ** More lo-fi, with child-like vocals. Upbeat energy. Last portion of song is spine tingling ambient. 5. (2:19) * Big prominent drums and bass. Similar to previous tracks. 6. (1:15) ** Chimes and environmental sounds. Really stunning ambient work. Great for a sound-bed. 7. (3:06) *** Clattering percussion. Night-drive music at its finest. 8. (6:51) Synth led ambience with vinyl crackle and movie dialogue samples. Deep, simple, drums. Subdued and eerie. Last 1:30 is stark piano and dark atmosphere. Reviewed by Muscat | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Looking Glass / Pettibon | 5. | Old Magic | |
| 2. | The Dream | 6. | Circling | |
| 3. | Above | 7. | Splitting | |
| 4. | Guardian / Descent | 8. | Initiation |