| Russian Circles / Empros |
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| Album: | Empros | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Russian Circles | Added: | Nov 2011 | |
| Label: | Sargent House | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-11-20 | Pull Date: | 2012-01-22 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 22 | Jan 8 | Dec 11 | Dec 4 | Nov 27 |
| Airplays: | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 25, 2013: | The Base of A Dream Is Empty 309 | 4. | Nov 10, 2012: | The Base of A Dream Is Empty 309 | |
| 2. | Jan 26, 2013: | The Base of A Dream is Empty 309 | 5. | Jun 30, 2012: | The Mongrel's Stoop Batu, Atackia | |
| 3. | Nov 11, 2012: | The Mongrel's Stoop 309 | 6. | May 05, 2012: | The Mongrel's Stoop Atackia |
| Album Review |
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| Your Imaginary Friend Reviewed 2011-11-13 | ||
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Heavy instrumental rock that smacks heavily of all great things: Shellac, Trans Am, Scratch Acid. I hate to use the term “post-rock” but theres something very “Chicago”, very Albini, about the perfection of crunch, the drums, guitar, bass, the space it creates while caving in your brain. Great stuff. Note: every song’s outro is an intro of sorts to the next song, so consider potting down the last ~20 seconds to avoid non-sequitors or cold endings. 1) (8:49) quiet brief intro then onslaught of head nodding EPIC heavy rock w/dramatic bridge and killer bass, feedback outro 2) (7:39) epic toned guitar led jam, upbeat and rockin, totally reminds me of Trans Am 3) (6:15) slow mindful plodding building w/ feedbacky guitars layered subtlely, mellow til mid-way when it crashes into LOUD epic walls of chords and drums, whoa! 4) (7:27) mellow guitar looping, builds into heavy tom tom beat and intense 7/4 complexity, heavy as heaven, heavy as hell, shit! 5) (6:16) walls of Swans’ish heavy pound over your skull turns post rock complex w/ changes 6) (4:34) noisey fade-in intro, then simple guitar and swallowed vocals, midway an intense heavy fuzz bass appears, perfect heavy | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | 309 | 4. | Atackia | |||
| 2. | Mladek | 5. | Batu | |||
| 3. | Schiphol | 6. | Praise Be Man |