Espers - II
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Artist: EspersEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-05-16
Music Label: Drag City
Soundtracks:
- Dead Queen
- Widow's Weed
- Cruel Storm
- Children Of Stone
- Mansfield And Cyclops
- Dead King
- Moon Occults The Sun
Music reviews of II
Music Review: this album is a masterpiece
Rating: 5 Stars
wow! i had expected nothing short of good from this band, especially following the well-influenced cluster of beauty found on thier first album and then the precise deliveries and heartbreakers on the weed tree. both of those records laid out the territories, groundworks and heartbeats that led up to this elegant masterpice. espers II shows off a band that managed to take all of the influences worn proudly on thier shirt-sleeves in the previous outings and blast off from them into completely new levels of emotions and textures - a take/progression on the folk continuum that is now singular to this band. still weaved into the psych-folk fabric and all that stuff, II really flaunts the open door of this unit, producung a vibe that sits as well with records by journey or blue cheer as it does with the likes of comus, pentangle or mellow candle. it is a pretty exhausing album in that it feels like an entire story played out over the 7 tracks and you really don't want to break it up or have to stop before the whole thing ends. one of the few albums i have heard in recent years that sticks with you after listening, both emotionally ans sonically. i can't really make out the lyrics so well on all the tunes, but the entire thing feels like a testament to a lot of the despair and sadness of today's times, but with flashes of marching music and hopefullness that makes you want to run around and inspire people. just a terrific record all around and highly reccomended to fans of all types of things.
here's what the tastemakers at other music had to say about II:
"Summer is setting in, but the chill created by the sophomore album by Philadelphia's Espers could keep the entire city bundled up, the skies gray, the air and waters icy. This is the stunning knockout follow-up to their debut and all-covers Weed Tree EP; a sinuous, hex-inducted, buzzing hive of folk-rock, informed of worldly dread, fear, tension, and sorrow. The space usually incurred by frosty, martial folk hymns is filled completely with various levels of feedback and drone, as created by twitchy analog synths, organ, bass, and drums. II is mixed like a rock album; with content grimmer than most black metal releases; with musicianship, arrangements and sonic detail above and beyond all of their peers; and with a truly haunted vibe that will both stick with you long after the record ends, and which will hold up to many repeat listens. Not your typical psych-folk album, but then again, Espers isn't trying to blend in with the pack. One of the most exciting and inventive releases of the year thus far; II raises the bar for the genre by bridging a strong connection with past masters (Pentagle comes to mind) to a modern sound, without losing any of which made the originators special, or overloading hallowed grounds with technology and tactless innovation. Highly, highly recommended. [DM]"
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