Alcest / Kodama
Album: Kodama   Collection:General
Artist:Alcest   Added:Jun 2017
Label:Prophecy Productions  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-07-05 Pull Date: 2017-09-05 Charts: Loud
Week Ending: Sep 3 Aug 20 Aug 13 Aug 6 Jul 23 Jul 16 Jul 9
Airplays: 1 1 1 2 2 3 2

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 02, 2019: Being as an ocean
Eclosion
4. Aug 12, 2017: Music Casserole
Eclosion
2. Sep 02, 2017: Narnia
Kodama
5. Aug 05, 2017: Narnia
Kodama
3. Aug 19, 2017: Narnia
Kodama
6. Jul 31, 2017: deep storage
Onyx

Album Review
DJ Aporia
Reviewed 2017-06-27
From France, Alcest & founding member Neige are the pioneers of a certain black metal/shoegaze hybrid that the music world has termed “blackgaze.” They’re really great, and on this record they go in a more post-rock direction, often trading in black metal blast-beats/screams for pretty atmospheric guitars. The record also takes inspiration from Japanese art and culture and deals with compositional ideas of duality and liminality. A relentlessly moving and beautiful listen—enjoy!

Related: Amesoeurs, Les Discrets, Botanist, Deafheaven
Favorites: 1, 2, 4, 5

1. (9:07) * Kodama—Grinding guitar opening leads into a melodic guitar journey through both heavy and atmospheric passages.
2. (8:54) * Eclosion—Intense, skyward, post-rock guitars build into total angst. Screaming as well as actual singing. Last 1.5 mins are melancholic solo guitar.
3. (7:20) Je Suis d’ailleurs—Crushing guitars, screams. Really cool jazzy guitar thing at one point. Killer blast-beats to close.
4. (5:12) * Untouched—Gorgeous solo guitar and clarion singing opens. Soaring guitars, percussive breakdown. The drums make this one.
5. (7:48) * Oiseaux de Proie—Frantic arpeggiated guitars and slowly cascading drums. Really outsized and passionate.
6. (3:52) Onyx—Extremely distorted guitar dissolving into an elevated wall of noise.

Track Listing
1. Kodama   4. Untouched
2. Eclosion   5. Oiseaux De Proie
3. Je Suis D'ailleurs   6. Onyx