ARTIST: Halves
TITLE: Haunt Me When I'm Drowsy
LABEL: Hate is the Enemy Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 174kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 31m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-05-16
RIP DATE: 2008-10-23
Track List
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1. Darkenings 1:34
2. May Your Enemies Never Find 5:53
Happiness
3. Amberscene 3:50
4. The Lamp Dies... A Sleeping 3:12
Circuit Wakes
5. Medals 5:16
6. In The Sorrow, In The Fire 7:06
7. Morning Breaks The Sleep 5:07
Recorder
Release Notes:
http://www.myspace.com/ahomeforhalves
Like the review says, you should pick this up just for the packaging. It's
fucking awesome. And so is this band. For fans of Efterklang, Sigur Ros, Mum,
etc. Yum.
As with the previous release we've had in by Halves (their eponymous debut EP),
the packaging of Haunt Me When I'm Drowsy is incredibly lavish. Across these
seven tracks the band do a splendid job of avoiding the formulaic tendencies of
the post-rock fraternity, instead exhibiting sufficient diversity and skill to
avoid being yet another quiet/loud Mogwai knock off.. You simply can't avoid
certain references, however: right down to the vocals, there are clear cut Sigur
Ros approximations on tracks like 'In The Sorrows, In The Fire' or 'May Your
Enemies Never Find Happiness'. You can make out further Scandinavian influence
in the Efterklang-style microbeats and orchestration of 'Amberscene' or the
M∙m-isms of 'Medals, but fortunately Halves write and perform well enough to
carry off such ambitious music with great aplomb. Genre fans won't want to miss
out on this one - Lovely.