So most of the compact discs I've been writing about have been pretty nostalgia fueled. This #eneferens disc just arrived yesterday and has given me a big reason to ponder it and some of the other discs I've purchased online in recent months. I have never been a real fan of buying music online. I've always loved the hunt and surprise of picking up discs at stores, swaps and shows. However since cds are out of fashion there are no specialty stores in my area carrying the sort of stuff I like in any real consistent way. Recently though I've discovered a music site that I can appreciate: bandcamp. What intrigues me about this app is that I am purchasing music directly from the artists and not middle men. I listened to a bit of this album and really liked the post-rock/shoe gaze strain of black metal that I heard. It's well produced and I'm a sucker for the illegible logo above mountains thing. It's an ep and relatively inexpensive cd in it's second run (I still only buy music I can get on cd, I have a hard time paying for something and not receiving a physical product. I'm old like that). The disc arrived very quickly after I ordered it and came with a little "thank you" note from the artist as well as an autographed cover. I'm not really fan boy over that kind of stuff but I was touched by the intamicy of the transaction. Knowing this dude poured himself into this music and he gets to actually see the units leave his house, that's cool. That's underground. That's what got me into music so heavy.
To add to all of this I freaking love this disc! Great production, the songs are big sweeping movements with lots of quality musicianship and very dynamic compositions. If you're into the whole blackgaze thing (alcest, ameosuers, heretoir, etc) you will really enjoy this album. If you like the post metal things like Russian circles and jesu you will also like this alot, sits right in that pocket. It hasn't left my car player or my mp3 player in the past 24 hours.
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