ARTIST: The Calm Blue Sea
TITLE: The Calm Blue Sea
LABEL: Self Released
GENRE: Instrumental Rock
BITRATE: 197kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 46m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-00-00
RIP DATE: 2008-10-20
Track List
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1. We Happy Few 8:06
2. Literal 7:39
3. The Rivers That Run Beneath 9:41
This City
4. Now Those Ashes Are At The 8:20
Bottom
5. After The Legions 5:11
6. This Will Never Happen Again 7:33
Release Notes:
http://www.myspace.com/thecalmbluesea
Rejoicive and exhaltive post-rock a la Giants, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai,
and Neil on Impression, with lots o' piano and emotion and rocking. If you know
what awesome music is, this album should blow your fucking face off.
"ItÆs almost like nothing else matters anymore. This is how good it gets...This
self title release is an ABSOLUTE MUST. Do not skip this one."
-SirensSound
"This self-titled release solidly affirms The Calm Blue Sea as a band apart from
the often cut-and-dry indie scene - true, intelligent originality thatÆs far too
uncommon these days."
-Side One: Track One
"WhatÆs fresh and unique to The Calm Blue Sea are the bold peaks and valleys of
their songs. The piquant crescendos and decrescendos are hallmarks of skilled
songwriting and composition. Most striking are the soft, ethereal piano
choruses, bookended by driving guitar verses that hold your attention and
simultaneously leave you wanting more."
-Austin Sound Check
"The Calm Blue Sea uses its left and right brains to full effect."
-The Austin Chronicle
"The Calm Blue Sea is an album that I would describe as methodically
proportioned and barely constrained servings of melody and chaos. At times the
band is downright mathematical in their precision, interlacing and intertwining
intricate piano and guitar lines while the rhythm section pounds away on the low
end, then with a sudden crash of stick to snare, all hell breaks loose, but
always perfectly on command."
-The Sound of Marching Feet
"This album is a sonic experience. Every song is an epic...each track is its own
micro-symphony...This is a worthwhile pick-up for experimental instrumental
music fans and a good introduction to the genre for the uninitiated."
-Instrumental Analysis
"The guitar sounds are incendiary. The piano is flat out titillating. This local
Austin band comes at you like a hurricane to your FACE! íA tasty crescendo!"
-Waterloo Records employee pick
"To be pithy. This band can do it all."
-The Astronaut Farm