Vi: Flora

Botanist, The
The Flenser
General | Sep 2014

Reviews

Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2014-09-03
Heavy post metal completely slathered in dreamy atmospheric elements as to make it unrecognizable as such. Even has screamo vocals, but they are so buried they too sound atmospheric, barely audible mostly. Not sure whether to recommend this to fans of mathy Godspeed, Ride, Tortoise and Do Make Say Think or to those of Isis, Trans Am, Swans and Neurosis. How about both?

1) (3:31) big dream/post rock, double kick drum blasts over half speed mindfulness that kicks into full beat midway, pretty much instrumental, sets the tone for most of the following songs
2) (4:17) barely audible vocs, upbeat dream rock, slightly mathy
3) (2:39) vocals are screamo, audible under an onslaught of ¾ rock
4) (2:08) double time, heavy if not for synth
5) (3:48) big soaring plodding feel
6) (3:18) very post rock, upbeat Trans Am or Do Make Say Think
7) (6:10) big rockin post rock, vocals reappear minimally, wall of sound, false ending around 1 minute left
8) (3:41) big epic rocker, whispered vocs appear late
9) (4:51) slower, dramatic, epic
10) (2:40) upbeat, urgent fast, goes 2/4
11) (0:55) brief minimal piano

Recent airplay

Stargazer
The Sunset LifeOct 23, 2014
Wisteria, Callistemon
fallweek01Sep 30, 2014
Stargazer
Brownian MotionSep 24, 2014
Dianthus
Brownian MotionSep 17, 2014
Stargazer
Space HouseSep 13, 2014
Dianthus
Brownian MotionSep 10, 2014

Charting

2014-09-05 — 2014-11-07
Week EndingAirplays
Oct 26 1
Oct 5 1
Sep 28 1
Sep 21 1
Sep 14 2
Sep 7 1

Track listing

1. Stargazer
2. Leucadendron Argenteum
3. Pteridophyte
4. Cinnamomum Parthenoxylon
5. Erythronium
6. ...Gazing...
7. Dianthus
8. Rhizophora
9. Callistemon
10. Wisteria
11. Gleditsia