Grails - Burning Off Impurities
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Artist: GrailsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Music Label: Temporary Residence
Soundtracks:
- Soft Temple
- More Extinction
- Silk Rd
- Drawn Curtains
- Outer Banks
- Dead Vine Blues
- Origin-Ing
- Burning Off Impurities
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Free Music Review: Excellent instrumental storyboard
Hit: 5 Stars
If you haven't heard Grails before, and you enjoy instrumental and progressive rock like Explosions in the Sky, Six Parts Seven, Saxon Shore, and Caspian, I strongly suggest you check out this band immediately.
That being said, Burning Off Impurities is the band's incredible and most recent effort. It's hard to label it with a particular style because the music is so varied. It isn't as "hard" in the beginning as Burden of Hope, but it's every bit as heavy (not metal heavy). Don't let that scare you away. The guitarwork is here, but there are not as many roaring climaxes as in Burden. The drums, however, do tend to add to the heaviness of the sound, with intricate cadences and crashing cymbals.
The album starts off slowly with "Soft Temple", which has an almost Middle Eastern vibe to it. The song then progresses into something heavier and complex with excellent drumwork and a vast array of instruments. The percussion continues to amaze throughout the rest of the album, as do the strange string accompaniments and overall dark mood, but there is something sweet and inviting here. Sounds of rain and wind can actually be heard in the second track behind the music, and it all meshes effortlessly. The first buildup and climax occurs toward the middle of the 8+ minute epic "Silk Rd" and the music only gets better.
The album does not have a plethora of tracks, due to the complexity and length of the 8 that are present, and there is no more needed. You'll want to listen to this album again immediately after it's over. Whether you are looking for something to chill out or study to, or become completely absorbed in, this album is for you.
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Portland's Grails return with their first studio album since 2004's "Redlight". An increased interest in psychedelic, ambient, and world music is most likely to blame for the group's exploration of the lesser-traveled paths of modern music. In addition, their eclectic range of collaborative endeavors - guitarist Zak Riles is also in M. Ward's band, while drummer Emil Amos has moonlighted as Jandek's drummer - has introduced an element of improvisation and reinterpretation of ideas that's both brilliant and earnest.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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