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░ ██ ██ Artist: Abigail's Ghost ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Black Plastic Sun █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2015 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-01-11 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Aesperus Music ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ One day I learn IÆm going to review an album from █
█ a band I knew nothing about, and the next day I █
█ canÆt put it down. AbigailÆs Ghost is a New █
█ Orleans trio who like to mix folk and alt hard █
█ rock, and last month they released Black Plastic █
█ Sun. From the moment I heard the violin fade in to █
█ the clash of acoustic chords and piano passages in █
█ ôThereafterö, I knew I was in for an enchanting █
█ experience. Though AbigailÆs Ghost put a lot of █
█ thought into composition, this album puts more █
█ emphasis on flow, pacing, and hooks. Acoustic █
█ guitars, pianos, and violins are heavily utilized █
█ throughout the album and really give off a sense █
█ of whimsy. The soundscapes that can be heard in █
█ the background add in a layer of eeriness. Of █
█ course this is a rock album, so there are plenty █
█ of hard hitting riffs and solos, but it never gets █
█ too heavy. The drums never overstep its boundaries █
█ and keeps the harmonies and riffs in line. The █
█ vocals of this album are nothing short of █
█ spectacular, which are clean and melodic without █
█ being high pitched. My favorite instrument in █
█ Black Plastic Sun has to be the bass. With all the █
█ other instruments focusing on rhythm and harmony, █
█ the bass decides to flow and dance about. █
█ The variety AbigailÆs Ghost has to offer on Black █
█ Plastic Sun is refreshing, and will pull you back █
█ for subsequent playthroughs. The first song █
█ ôThereafterö showcases everything this album is █
█ about from acoustic passages to heavy soaring █
█ choruses, and thoughtful guitar solos. Songs like █
█ ôProtistö and ôSmotherboxö are much darker and █
█ complex. ôKing Of Allö and ôSweet Serenityö donÆt █
█ feature any distorted guitars at all, and are █
█ quite upbeat. The song ôLe Metteurö is the odd one █
█ of the bunch, an eerie melody, heavily synth based █
█ and reminds me a lot of downtempo. ôRather █
█ Unorthodoxö ends the album with a bittersweet █
█ piano coda with a violin lead. █
█ As this album was released last month, IÆm a █
█ little late to the party on reviewing this. But █
█ thatÆs okay, because this is more of an autumn █
█ album anyway. Black Plastic Sun is enchanting, █
█ captivating, and touching to say the least. █
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░ 1. Thereafter 8:20 ░
░ 2. Sliver 5:50 ░
░ 3. For Damien 5:39 ░
░ 4. Bloodlust 5:37 ░
░ 5. Widowmakers 5:22 ░
░ 6. King of All 5:23 ░
░ 7. Le Metteur 7:14 ░
░ 8. Protist 4:43 ░
░ 9. Sweet Serenity 4:42 ░
░ 10. Smotherbox 8:51 ░
░ 11. Rather Unorthodox 3:48 ░
░ 65:29 ░
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