Now I have the second single from the Catalan band Syberia in front of me, and the more I listen to this music, the more allusions I seem to discover. This song is simultaneously an acoustic mandala à la My Sleeping Karma, melodic and fragile like the soundscapes of Alcest, and at the same time brutal and destructive like Neurosis. It is not the usual Postrock or Shoegaze-sound and it is not the usual noise created by angry men; it has a lot of melodies inside the composition performed with a...
I would actually listen to a lot more post-rock if the voice suited the music, the sound wasn't too mushy and the songs had a certain structure and thus recognition value. And then by chance an email comes from Bandcamp, suggesting 5 bands to me and one of them is Remina from New Zealand. This band really manages to create a cathedral of a transparent, clear sound that seems to float above everything despite all the heaviness. Responsible for this lightness is the fantastic voice of Heike...