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/:: Artist :: An Autumun for Crippled Children ::\
:: Album :: Try Not to Destroy Everything You Love ::
:: Year :: 2013 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Aeternitas Tenebrarum ... R.date :: 20.06.2014 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: n/a Size :: 100,6 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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Website :: https://www.facebook.com/pages/An-Autumn-For-Crippled-Children/108017119243983
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:: 01. Autumn Again 05:03 ::
:: 02. The Woods Are on Fire 04:16 ::
:: 03. Never Complete 04:05 ::
:: 04. Try Not to Destroy Everything You Love 05:28 ::
:: 05. Hearts of Light 05:52 ::
:: 06. Sepia Mountains for Her Lament 03:41 ::
:: 07. Closer 05:14 ::
:: 08. Avoiding Winter 05:01 ::
:: 09. Starlit Spring 05:45 ::
:: 10. Quiet Evenings 04:16 ::
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:: Almost every facet of contemporary music these days seem to ::
:: be pushing for an emphasis on "atmosphere." Popular genres ::
:: such as rock, hip-hop, electronic, and yes even metal seem ::
:: to be in a state of transition. One could soundly argue ::
:: that the foundation of many of these genres have always ::
:: rooted themselves in atmospheric soundscapes. But in a ::
:: genre like black metal-a genre that prides itself in its ::
:: affinity for capturing the essence of suffering-it has seen ::
:: an interesting evolution in sound. The boundaries of the ::
:: genre have shifted toward a much more uplifting listening ::
:: experience and in doing so have gained notoriety from many ::
:: who would've once dismissed such extreme styles of music. ::
:: Long-time fans of the genre have slapped "blackgaze" or ::
:: even "hipster metal" tags on this new era of black metal ::
:: artists but the fact remains that it has attracted much ::
:: more attention from the music community at large. ::
:: ::
:: After listening to An Autumn for Crippled Children's latest ::
:: LP,Try Not to Destroy Everything You Love, you can tell ::
:: that the band were aiming for a similar level of success as ::
:: last year's Sunbather. Deafheaven's magnum opus was quite ::
:: well received and set the bar to nearly impossible heights ::
:: for other blackgaze acts to come. It would be unfair to say ::
:: that they haven't been playing the "uplifting" card since ::
:: before Deafheaven's success, but to be so hot on ::
:: Sunbather's heels definitely indicates a "strike while the ::
:: iron is hot" approach. Fortunately, TNTDEYL has its own ::
:: identity, and on the whole it's a pretty engaging listen. ::
:: ::
:: What really gives this album its flair is the synth-work. ::
:: The songs feel like they could've almost begun as synth-pop ::
:: tunes, but through cruel mad science experiments have ::
:: mutated into ethereal, avant-garde black metal. Autumn ::
:: Again's post punk sensibility sets an interesting tone for ::
:: the album, immediately highlighting the layered synth ::
:: passages that dominate the record. The way in which the ::
:: bass plods along phenomenally with the melody also serves ::
:: as an absolute standout to these songs. Once again the band ::
:: experiments with strings and proves that they're capable of ::
:: bringing in a variety of different sounds and textures into ::
:: the overall mix. ::
:: ::
:: The songwriting is another praiseworthy aspect of the ::
:: record. Many tracks such as "The Woods Are on Fire" and ::
:: "Never Complete" begin in medias res and feel grand despite ::
:: the lo-fi quality to the production. Both songs build to an ::
:: absolutely stunning conclusion and miraculously make their ::
:: point in less than five minutes, a feat that Deafheaven ::
:: never managed to do on Sunbather. In fact, none of the ::
:: tracks on TNTDEYL exceed the six minute mark, making it ::
:: feel much less meandering than most other blackgaze ::
:: records. The build on "Sepia Mountains for Her Lament" is ::
:: perhaps the defining moment of the record, transitioning ::
:: from a haunting piano movement into a crescendo of guitars ::
:: and strings that climax at the apex of the album's musical ::
:: high point. ::
:: ::
:: The album does suffer a bit on the production side of ::
:: things however. While the instrumentation may sound ::
:: grandiose despite the lo-fi aspect of the mix, the vocals ::
:: are nearly drowned out entirely throughout the duration of ::
:: the record. This may agitate some depending on how much ::
:: emphasis you feel the vocals should have, but I found that ::
:: with repeat listens this problem doesn't feel quite as ::
:: aggravating. ::
:: ::
:: Try Not to Destroy Everything You Love is a gorgeous ::
:: record. Perhaps if it had come one year earlier than it ::
:: did, it might've met more acclaim than what it's already ::
:: received. Still, anybody who was enamored with bands like ::
:: Deafheaven or Altar of Plagues last year should enjoy this. ::
:: It manages to forge its own identity amidst the ::
:: increasingly saturated post black metal movement, something ::
:: that a sizeable amount of other bands in the genre seem to ::
:: struggle with. ::
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