| To Destroy A City / To Destroy A City |
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| Album: | To Destroy A City | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | To Destroy A City | Added: | Nov 2011 | |
| Label: | N5MD | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-01-16 | Pull Date: | 2012-03-19 |
| Week Ending: | Mar 25 | Mar 11 | Mar 4 | Feb 26 | Feb 19 | Feb 12 | Feb 5 | Jan 29 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 07, 2022: | The Fall of Math (rebroadcast from Jun 7, 2012) Goodbye, Dear Friend | 4. | Mar 18, 2012: | no voices aloud Metaphor, Narcotic Sea | |
| 2. | Jan 03, 2013: | Top 100 Albums of 2012 Goodbye, Dear Friend | 5. | Mar 05, 2012: | Ghost Trees Goodbye, Dear Friend | |
| 3. | Jun 07, 2012: | The Fall of Math Goodbye, Dear Friend | 6. | Mar 04, 2012: | Instant Cat Goodbye, Dear Friend |
| Album Review |
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| aj Reviewed 2012-01-09 | ||
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To Destroy a City's self-titled debut is a mixture of post-rock and ambiance of the kind. Atmospheric synths, soaring guitars, and live/electronic drum combos are layered together to build a coherent album that is hard to stop once you put it on. Instantly recalls mainstays of the post-rock genre, such as This Will Destroy You and Maserati. All instrumental tracks, with spoken word in track 3. FCC Clean. 01. (2:55) * Metaphor: Piano and soft synth patches in a slow track to open the album. Very much in the vein of Sigur Ros. 02. (6:14) Narcotic Sea: Electronic drum machine and synth transitions suddenly to live sounds, with light keys providing the unifying melody. 03. (5:33) * Ilium: Opens with a haunting spoken performance of T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men", although it seems out of place, as the track itself is upbeat and hopeful. Slow fade out, with about 8 seconds of silence at the end. 04. (6:27) Philosophy of a Knife Fight: Layered guitars and keyboards featured on this reverb-soaked ambient track. 05. (6:24) Before the Outside's Gone: Moody and atmospheric, the last minute of the song slowly fades into oblivion. 06. (2:39) * The Marvels of Modern Civilization: Mostly electronic instrumentation, feels almost like techno. Reminds me of Maserati's music. 07. (7:02) * Goodbye, Dear Friend: What starts as a synth-driven stargaze changes abrubtly halfway through into a post-rock elegy overlayed with a musical box melody. 08. (4:00) March: Very faint synth for the first minute. Atmospheric. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Metaphor | 5. | Before The Outside's Gone | |||
| 2. | Narcotic Sea | 6. | The Marvels Of Modern Civilization | |||
| 3. | Ilium | 7. | Goodbye, Dear Friend | |||
| 4. | Philosophy Of A Knife | 8. | March |