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Track List
01) Estranged
02) Raumdeuter
03) The Embers
04) Prelude III (Phantoms)
05) Opalescent
06) Unseen and Unknown
07) Stage Knives
08) Crystal Cascades
09) Chandelier Shiver
10) Funereal
11) All That Has Gone Before
01) Estranged
02) Raumdeuter
03) The Embers
04) Prelude III (Phantoms)
05) Opalescent
06) Unseen and Unknown
07) Stage Knives
08) Crystal Cascades
09) Chandelier Shiver
10) Funereal
11) All That Has Gone Before
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5:16
3:16
1:43
4:42
0:38
3:52
3:20
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4:58
7:20
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2015
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"Grievances" is the fourth studio album by English experimental band Rolo Tomassi. The album was released on June 1, 2015 through Holy Roar Records and Ipecac Recordings.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 9 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable reviews ".
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Grievances is an incredibly atmospheric piece of work, with the kind of cohesive feel that only sustained, uninterrupted writing and recording stints tend to be able to deliver. It’s a dark affair, foreboding at its lightest and unremittingly bleak at its blackest, and with little in the way of genuine gaps between tracks, the way in which the songs flow in and out of each other transforms the record into a long, unsettling suite.
One of Cosmology’s great triumphs was that it was the point at which the band realised that there didn’t need to be a blunt line drawn between the two sides of their sound - between the quieter, spacier sections and the aural assault of the out-and-out hardcore. On Grievances, though, they show further maturity; it’s not just a case of Eva Spence flitting back and forth between honeyed and hellish with her vocals, it’s the way the subtler, sparser moments are used to ratchet up real tension - the piano-driven “Prelude III” and shape-shifting post-rocker “Opalescent” are both cases in point - that makes this record so consistently thrilling.
This is an album that sits somewhere between Lynch and Lucifer, ethereal in its softer moments and utterly savage at its loudest. It’s a shining example of how a band can expand without abandoning their core sound; long-term fans will find plenty of the wonky hardcore of old here, but their naked ambition - and the poise and assurance with which they’ve pulled off everything they’ve aimed for on this LP - should comfortably win them new listeners, too. It’s going to be a very strong contender for the title of the year’s most exciting British release; if nothing else, it’s proof that nobody does measured drama quite like Rolo Tomassi. No wonder Frank Costanza called for the airing of Grievances.
Reviewed by Joe Goggins for thelineofbestfit.com.
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"Grievances" is the fourth studio album by English experimental band Rolo Tomassi. The album was released on June 1, 2015 through Holy Roar Records and Ipecac Recordings.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 9 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable reviews ".
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Grievances is an incredibly atmospheric piece of work, with the kind of cohesive feel that only sustained, uninterrupted writing and recording stints tend to be able to deliver. It’s a dark affair, foreboding at its lightest and unremittingly bleak at its blackest, and with little in the way of genuine gaps between tracks, the way in which the songs flow in and out of each other transforms the record into a long, unsettling suite.
One of Cosmology’s great triumphs was that it was the point at which the band realised that there didn’t need to be a blunt line drawn between the two sides of their sound - between the quieter, spacier sections and the aural assault of the out-and-out hardcore. On Grievances, though, they show further maturity; it’s not just a case of Eva Spence flitting back and forth between honeyed and hellish with her vocals, it’s the way the subtler, sparser moments are used to ratchet up real tension - the piano-driven “Prelude III” and shape-shifting post-rocker “Opalescent” are both cases in point - that makes this record so consistently thrilling.
This is an album that sits somewhere between Lynch and Lucifer, ethereal in its softer moments and utterly savage at its loudest. It’s a shining example of how a band can expand without abandoning their core sound; long-term fans will find plenty of the wonky hardcore of old here, but their naked ambition - and the poise and assurance with which they’ve pulled off everything they’ve aimed for on this LP - should comfortably win them new listeners, too. It’s going to be a very strong contender for the title of the year’s most exciting British release; if nothing else, it’s proof that nobody does measured drama quite like Rolo Tomassi. No wonder Frank Costanza called for the airing of Grievances.
Reviewed by Joe Goggins for thelineofbestfit.com.
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