Talkdemonic eyes at half mast free download

Is it completely coherent? Maybe not. Is there a point to be made? Depends on who you ask. Is there something vital and compelling there worth devoting your attention to, even if you don't exactly know what it is? Eyes At Half Mast seems to be, on one level, an exploration of the horizons of the style of music that Talkdemonic themselves invented, but a lot of it retraces steps already taken, albeit with a noticeable upping of the proverbial ante as far as energy goes.

Indeed, the majority of the songs, such as "Ending The Orange Glow" and "Huancayo Orchestrelle," are content with operating on various planes within the same boundaries Talkdemonic have setup, allowing the now familiar traditional folk instruments, relaxed beats, and juicy strings to function on a sort of autopilot, flying us over already mapped territory.

Others, however, are on the very frontiers of the land, even testing the waters on the other side. The ebullient "Civilian" shows this type of unrestrained overstepping precisely, with its nosedive from a powerful symphonic marriage of strings, acoustic guitar, and neatly wrapped drums to a din of fuzz and screeching violas pushed too far.

The highlight of the album, "Tides In Their Grave," takes the form of a spaced-out elegy saturated with distance and a melancholy that has always patrolled at the edges of Talkdemonic's music. It'd be interesting to see Talkdemonic force their way out of this cocoon in which they've been living. But I have almost no idea what type of creature would result from such a metamorphosis.

We only have hints, shades, vague ideas. It's like trying to write the last novel of a dead writer based only on notes he or she left in the margins of manuscripts.

Thankfully, Talkdemonic isn't dead; we don't have to do that work, and with Eyes At Half Mast , we are given hope that they are starting out on the endeavor themselves. In the meantime, can we gain anything from taking a few more walks down the same path? Explore music. Get fresh music recommendations delivered to your inbox every Friday. Ruins by Talkdemonic. Ed Hallman. Purchasable with gift card. Slumber Verses Ruins Revival Midcentury Motion City Sleep video. Violet Summer Glass Cascading Time Draws On Midnight Pass Chimera Palace Walk In , Kevin and Lisa went on to release both Beat Romantic and Eyes At Half Mast, and garnering critical attention for their ability to pioneer the marriage of strings with unyieldingly strong percussion and inescapable harmony.

Ruins finds them continuing to expand, stretching dynamic range from quiet brooding to all out distorted assault. Molinaro's scenic melodies accompany the ever present forward motion of O'Connor's steady beats.

With a little help from Clay Jones and Isaac Brock in the mixing room this is Talkdemonic's most well composed and realized work to date. Tags alternative alternative rock electro acoustic experimental electronic indie Brooklyn. Lord Dubious go to album. Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 17, go to album.