This EP was something I picked up from an old friend of mine in 2007, back when I was still going through my mainstream alternative rock phase. It sat on my shelf for about two years until more recently, when I discovered that I had neglected this unappreciated sliver of amazing post-rock for far too long. They are somehow still struggling to break free from popularity constraints and therefore they give their music away for free under a creative commons license, much like Andrei Machado's work, which I posted on this blog last Sunday.
The Windmill EP is simply post-rock with a touch of ambience, void of unnecessary crescendos, full of warm harmonies, delay-laden guitar and mellow piano sounds. They have a unique sound, at times delving into polyphonic rhythms and creating atmosphere upon atmosphere, and other times just letting the guitar say all that needs to be said.
The band seems to have stopped their creative output but they are still a part of Ericrock's label (along with The American Dollar, Gregor Samsa, Red Sparowes and Softer) so who knows what will happen in the future. They even played a show with Minus The Bear back in 2008.
Download here. Their music is free to share, but they have a very cheap merch store which can be found here. There are $2 posters, and for a dollar more you can get a FLAC copy of this wonderful EP.
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