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Brookhaven It seems that the inhabitants of San Francisco are on the cutting edge of yet another genre. Unintentionally this week, several of our highlighted artists are in some way associated with the city. Anticon's located there, Devendra Banhart spent time there and Sonny James' hypnotic instrumental post-rock band Brookhaven and Expel Records label also call San Francisco home. On Everything That Rises Must Rise, a variety of progressive post-rock guitar melodies ranging from subtle and trance-inducing loops to psychedelic crescendos of reverb and feedback struggle for dominance, neither one winning out in the end. Layer these over a healthy dose of mixed beats - electronic and organic - and you've got all the necessary ingredients to create a great instrumental record. I wouldn't go so far as to call this great, more like a very promising beginning. A brief indrustrial drum loop, Monism, slowly fades into a climax and quickly begins it's descent back into silence, serving as a mediator between the more metallic My Brother's Twin is Genesis and the more beat-driven Two Platforms. These guys do an exceptional job providing enough variety to keep the listener's attention. Not an easy task, especially when you have no lyrics to depend on. After winding down at around 25 minutes, it left me wanting more. However, that's always better than stretching your artistic ideas over their ability to hold one's attention. Like the old show business saying goes, "leave 'em wanting more." Well, they definitely do that. |
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