Gorloche
2008-12-17, 12:37
So, the Fall of Troy finally released Phantom on the Horizon, their single-song album.
For those who have no idea why I bring this up, this album has been pretty hotly anticipated by their fanbase since 2004, when they released a CD-R EP called Ghostship Demos, which had four parts of the final album in demo form. It originally was going to be 8 parts, but it's been trimmed down to 5 for this as a couple working sections were taken off of the whole and turned into full songs on their album Manipulator. So, this is down to five tracks/chapters, but at 37 minutes, it's not a bad length for a single-song concept album about boarding a ghostship in the night time.
I feel for anyone who read this and then Wikipediaed their name that I need to explain why I am bringing them up. No, I don't normally listen to screamo or any shit like that. I went through a period about midway through high school when this kind of stuff (along with Coheed and Cambria and things like that) were pretty popular. This is one of the bands like that who take a great deal of prog influence (they name King Crimson as a big influence) and so I listen with prog ears on, if you know what I mean by that. And on that level, it doesn't disappoint. It's very much a punky, post-hardcore take on prog, but with a single song that is 37 minutes long that tells a story, has multiple sections, time signature changes, and a variety of textures, you are deaf if you can't hear prog rock in this. It's almost like they mated with the Mars Volta (take that for what you will; I like it).
There is a lot less screeching on this one, which is good. Their vocalist isn't the greatest in the world by a long shot, but screamo screeching is just terrible. The musicianship is a couple notches up, which is good to see. They gradually inch closer and closer to just playing prog rock. It's almost like watching At the Drive-In evolve into the Mars Volta over time (but, admittedly, not as good). I recommend it if you like proggy post-hardcore at all, like the Sound of Animals Fighting, At the Drive-In or Protest the Hero.
For those who have no idea why I bring this up, this album has been pretty hotly anticipated by their fanbase since 2004, when they released a CD-R EP called Ghostship Demos, which had four parts of the final album in demo form. It originally was going to be 8 parts, but it's been trimmed down to 5 for this as a couple working sections were taken off of the whole and turned into full songs on their album Manipulator. So, this is down to five tracks/chapters, but at 37 minutes, it's not a bad length for a single-song concept album about boarding a ghostship in the night time.
I feel for anyone who read this and then Wikipediaed their name that I need to explain why I am bringing them up. No, I don't normally listen to screamo or any shit like that. I went through a period about midway through high school when this kind of stuff (along with Coheed and Cambria and things like that) were pretty popular. This is one of the bands like that who take a great deal of prog influence (they name King Crimson as a big influence) and so I listen with prog ears on, if you know what I mean by that. And on that level, it doesn't disappoint. It's very much a punky, post-hardcore take on prog, but with a single song that is 37 minutes long that tells a story, has multiple sections, time signature changes, and a variety of textures, you are deaf if you can't hear prog rock in this. It's almost like they mated with the Mars Volta (take that for what you will; I like it).
There is a lot less screeching on this one, which is good. Their vocalist isn't the greatest in the world by a long shot, but screamo screeching is just terrible. The musicianship is a couple notches up, which is good to see. They gradually inch closer and closer to just playing prog rock. It's almost like watching At the Drive-In evolve into the Mars Volta over time (but, admittedly, not as good). I recommend it if you like proggy post-hardcore at all, like the Sound of Animals Fighting, At the Drive-In or Protest the Hero.