An Ocean Without Water
Reviews
Adam Pearson
Reviewed 2011-07-25
Reviewed 2011-07-25
On the stoner side of instrumental (post?) rock. Does the loud/soft dynamic thing a bit, but not to the extreme that other bands do. Rock drums with hints of tribal tom beats and angular riffing, but with a western shootout ambiance. Songs are complex and go through multiple sections with heavy guitars, harmonica, and ambient twiddling. Souvenir’s Young America is a trio out of Virginia. For fans of Russian Circles, Ativin, and Red Sparowes. No FCCs. 33RPM
Side A:
1. Psychy organ pads and multi-part stoner/metal influenced instrumental piece. (6:22)
*2. Dreamy strings and Godspeed-esque twang, pretty stuff, breaks down and builds back up with toms. (8:10)
3. Lots of open space and delayed frontier guitar sweep with ominous distorted layers underneath. (5:31)
Side B:
1. Spaced, fuzzy epic driving trippy feel, then some blaring organs. (7:33)
2. Desolate harmonica with strummed, spacious guitar, picks up to rhythmic urgent march. (6:25)
*3. Slow ambient psychedelia and reversed electronic experimentation and effects to start, layers of soft trippy static and drone seep in, arrives at a little desert/dream rock stride. (6:18)
Side A:
1. Psychy organ pads and multi-part stoner/metal influenced instrumental piece. (6:22)
*2. Dreamy strings and Godspeed-esque twang, pretty stuff, breaks down and builds back up with toms. (8:10)
3. Lots of open space and delayed frontier guitar sweep with ominous distorted layers underneath. (5:31)
Side B:
1. Spaced, fuzzy epic driving trippy feel, then some blaring organs. (7:33)
2. Desolate harmonica with strummed, spacious guitar, picks up to rhythmic urgent march. (6:25)
*3. Slow ambient psychedelia and reversed electronic experimentation and effects to start, layers of soft trippy static and drone seep in, arrives at a little desert/dream rock stride. (6:18)
Recent airplay
Blood Alone Does Not A Father Make
Clean Copper Radio Talk & Hot Topics — Aug 22, 2017
Mars Ascendent
Overkill: Bloodstains Over Frat Row — Nov 12, 2011
Mars Ascendent
razor's edge — Nov 09, 2011
Coragyps Atratus (Ego Te Absolvo)
razor's edge — Nov 03, 2011
Blood Alone Does Not A Father Make
razor's edge — Nov 02, 2011
Mars Ascendent
Overkill — Oct 22, 2011
Charting
2011-07-24 — 2011-09-11
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Sep 11 | 1 |
| Sep 4 | 1 |
| Aug 14 | 1 |
| Jul 31 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Mars Ascendent | ||
| 2. | Blood Alone Does Not A Father Make | ||
| 3. | Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground | ||
| 4. | Side B: | ||
| 5. | The Sheltering Sky | ||
| 6. | Invocation In The Caldera | ||
| 7. | Coragyps Atratus (Ego Te Absolvo) |