Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain
Take Agalloch’s atmosphere and channel it through Alcest’s ethereal approach, now add a vocalist who could convincingly front any Indie or Alt Rock band worth mentioning, and you have the best description I can offer of this nearly-impossible-to-categorize beautiful music. Stylistically Scotland’s Falloch are all things and no things. The light and the dark. Fear not true life-haters, a blasting Black Metal beast does lurk within, and while it may only reveal itself sparsely, it adds yet another dimension that this duo can transport sorrow to and from. I am reminded of Novembre’s bravery and genius in the sense that Falloch also exquisitely blend a framework of Extreme Metal with total emotive sensibility. They throw genre, category, and stylistic trappings to the wind and play straight from the broken heart. Andy Marshall is a great singer, I don’t know if they would’ve pulled it off with a less capable vocalist. This simply must be heard, a review can’t really do it justice. The album’s only minor flaw, aside from two somewhat bland instrumentals, is that it never tops its own first track. “We Are Gathering Dust” might be the Song of the Year. What is the point of living and dying? Hardly a discredit to the band that they wrote one completely perfect song and just happened to place it in front of four nearly perfect ones. Bravo!
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