Sometime last week I posted Rest, an album by Virginian post-rock band Gregor Samsa. Well, I have to be honest. While Rest is certainly a fantastic album, it's not the one I would liked to have posted. I didn't come into this digital copy until last night, and so I thought I would share it with you all. Some of you might be familiar with Gregor Samsa's fusion of vocals and post-rock. If you aren't, then what this album is... it's second wave post-rock along the lines of Sigur Ros's now famous Ágætis Byrjun. While the other albums they released were slightly more subdued, this one is not lacking in its ability to captivate the listener. It has a higher energy than their other albums (especially Rest), so if you are completely wary of any sorts of crescendos or "walls of sound" then you might be more inclined to check out their other albums.
It's clear, as you listen to this, that Gregor Samsa sweats the details. The album was self-produced, as well as mixed by the legendary Brian Paulson, who has also worked with Wilco, Beck, and Slint. It's teeming with ambience, soaring sounds and breathy vocals, and it all seems to fit together like one of those little puzzles that you try to take apart and put back together.
The moral of the story is that if you ever wake up and find yourself transformed into a hideous bug-like monster that you should immediately start up this record and wait for your father.
Download here, buy it here.
Find Rest here and find 27:36 here.
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