This Ft. Wayne, Indiana trio has already written songs for an EP (the self-released “Ambling”), commercials and a short movie (“Casualty Of The Promised Land”) and now they’re here with a full-length called “Be One Of Us And Hear No Noise”.
You come across bands that strive for a warm sound using analog recording techniques about as often as you stumble across acts who go for an electronics-enhanced sound. But as far as I can recall, I’ve never heard a band combining them. Metavari does this and they are very good at it.
Opener “Kings Die Like Other Men” and “Shimmer Marina” shine thanks to programmed beats, a Fender Rhodes electric piano, digital tinkering and yes, the lack of vocals. They do use a bunch of old sound bites though (just like they use archival footage during their live shows). It’s post-rock but unlike other acts in the genre, these dudes don’t seem intent on building things up to a noisy climax. Rather they seem content just letting the music trickle along. It makes for a very hypnotic album and they manage to keep the momentum going right up to the epic closer that is “Pacific Lights”.
I don’t know quite how to describe this band’s instrumental album but a mixture of Death Cab and Sigur Rós should set you off in the right direction. All I can say is that “Be One Of Us And Hear No Noise” is an album worth discovering.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
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