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THE REVIEW
Returning from a heavy day... you tell yourself: now I need a nice hot shower!!! You enter the bathroom, turn on the water, the steam rises as it's so hot... you remember you bought a new CD, the latest by the Red Sparowes, and what better moment to listen to a CD for the first time? You take the radio and bring it into the bathroom; insert the disc and press play... the tub fills up, and since you really want to relax, you decide to go all out and fill it to the brim... you undress and enter... the notes of the CD accompany you in the ritual of shivers and pleasure mixed with suffering that one feels upon entry (the water is very hot but delightful...).
Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh.... bliss!!! You free yourself... you relax... you bless whoever invented hot water... the mind calms and almost forgets the various problems of life!! You are in paradise!!!! Blessed and consoled... meanwhile, the music fills the air and makes its way through the steam... it reaches your ears and it's the apotheosis!! (a mix of post-rock and '70s psychedelia like hasn't been heard in a long time).
At that precise moment you close your eyes, inside the tub, and dream, awake and conscious, but you dream... the music floats, sweet and expansive, reminiscent of the latest Isis and the ever more expansive God Speed You Black Emperor, it crosses your soul, as only bands like Mogwai and Sigur Ros can do so well, and in a mix of post-bliss rarefaction you tell yourself you've never had a better moment in your life than this!! The music flows and you remain still... petrified!!! You could remain in that state for hours but all good things, as we know, end soon!!
The Red Sparowes are a group composed of members from Isis and Neurosis, not novices but rather masters of rarefaction and expansion transposed into music... Echoes of Pink Floyd are heard here and there, psychedelic expanses of sensory expansion, creating music that, while anchored to the genre's style, simultaneously distances itself from it. Not a word spoken, not a song... just a continuous flow of notes... indescribable emotional ups and downs, epic and melancholic...
Once again these air lords make us dream, as they did with their wonderful first work... Don't hold back and enter the sweet lands they created!!
Nothing but poetry in music!!
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The review vividly describes listening to Red Sparowes' album during a relaxing bath, emphasizing the album's calming and expansive qualities. It highlights the band's mastery in creating a blend of post-rock and psychedelic music that evokes deep emotional responses. The album is praised for its instrumental, flowing soundscape comparable to bands like Isis, God Speed You Black Emperor, Mogwai, and Sigur Ros. The reviewer calls it poetic music that transports listeners into a dreamlike state.Tracklist
01 The great leap forward poured down upon us one day like a mighty storm, suddenly and furiously blinding our senses. (06:59)
02 We stood transfixed in blank devotion as our leader spoke to us, looking down on our mute faces with a great, raging, and unseeing eye. (08:54)
03 Like the howling glory of the darkest winds, this voice was thunderous and the words holy, tangling their way around our hearts and clutching our innocent awe. (10:07)
04 A message of avarice rained down and carried us away into false dreams of endless riches. (07:11)
05 "Annihilate the sparrow, that stealer of seed, and our harvests will abound; We will watch our wealth flood in." (08:43)
06 And by our own hand did every last bird lie silent in their puddles, the air barren of song as the clouds drifted away. For killing their greatest enemy, the locusts noisily thanked us and turned their jaws toward our crops, swallowing our greed whole. (01:42)
07 Millions starved and we became skinnier and skinnier, while our leaders became fatter and fatter. (09:54)
08 Finally, as that blazing sun shone down upon us, did we know that true enemy was the voice of blind idolatry; And only then did we begin to think for ourselves. (08:05)
Red Sparowes
Red Sparowes is an American instrumental post-rock/post-metal band formed in Los Angeles in 2003 by members and alumni of groups including Isis, Neurosis affiliates, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair, and Pleasure Forever. They are known for cinematic, guitar-driven soundscapes and three studio albums released between 2005 and 2010.03 Reviews
