Thursday, 29 November 2007Vessels - two words and a gesture on Cuckundoo Records VesselsTwo Words & A Gesture Two Words & a Gesture / Clear & Calm Cuckundoo Records Pressed: 500 Release Date: 26/11/2007 Something that keeps getting me, and I wonder if it always will is this epic instrumental, math rock recycled trend that seems to keep growing. Am I a sucker for this emotional movement instrumentation? Could you just build a program that followed some kind of formula and get the same result? Maybe...I just know I like it. Also it's just that so far I haven't heard one of these bands I didn't like. Is it just that easy? I don't think so, I think enough bands approaching this genre have tapped into something. That definitely goes for the Vessels. So far from what I've heard the Vessels lean towards Explosions in the Sky's twinkly subtle melody driven numbers rather than the metal of say...Pelican or the Champs. These seem to be the two camps that are forming if you want to make that divide. Red Sparowes might straddle the line, although I say closer to Explosions. Along with the quiet moving chorus-y sections, the vessels have a Don Cab stutter stop intricacy, it's not all quiet to loud and back again. For what looks like 7 members, this is a feat in and of itself. Now this latest 7" 'Two words and a gesture' throws everything else I heard so far out the window, on this track 3 members are singing, harmonizing with each other and it's really changing my first impression. I'm having a little trouble with it, especially since how can vocals sound out of place? Up until this track I haven't heard them. It's venturing into progressive rock territory that I wish they wouldn't go. I'm really puzzled by this direction, but maybe it's an anomaly and the b-side is back to the straight sound. Jason Dean Labels: champs, cuckundoo records, don cabellero, pelican, red sparowes, two words and a gesture, vessels
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