Red Sparowes
Red Sparowes play a form of intensified, experimental post-rock with a notable use of pedal steel guitar. The Los Angeles act formed in 2003 and features current and former members of other bands: guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer (Isis), guitarist Josh Graham (visuals for Neurosis), bassist Greg Burns (Halifax Pier), bassist/guitarist Andy Arahood (Angel Hair), and drummer David Clifford (Pleasure Forever). After recording demos for their debut album, they toured with the Dillinger Escape Plan and Made Out of Babies. Following the depar...[more]
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Red Sparowes is epic without bombast, heavy without a single barre-chord riff and eviscerating without any clearly audible vocals. The chiming, spindly layers of effect-laden guitars and the swinging, entrancing drums on its Neurot Recordings debut At the Soundless Dawn create textures reminiscent of Goblin, Tones on Tail, Godspeed You Black Emperor and early Sonic Youth. Its attack is syrupy and serpentine; subtle but frighteningly deliberate. Every Red Heart is the highly anticipated second [ read more ]
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VINYL FORMAT. "At the Soundless Dawn is a dense, sprawling masterwork that deftly bridges the gaps between prog, metal and darkwave, swirling Tribes of Neurot's decaying urgency, Slint's slow-burning glissandi and Caligari's icy calculation into a matte black morass of epic resonance. Though such an insanely ornate piece might sound pretentious (the titles of the seven tracks come together to form a paragraph that's more than a little askew), the band is careful never to plunge too deep into the icy [ read more ]
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VINYL FORMAT. Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun, Los Angeles-based Red Sparowes bypass the fabled sophomore slump by leaps and bounds. There is a definitely darker approach on this album, and the reference points of the past are less apparent, yet the band evokes intense emotions with more variety and depth than ever before. Powerful and dynamic, Every Red Heart Shines Towards The Red Sun is a captivating new path in the ever-evolving world of instrumental music. Packaged in beautiful, [ read more ]
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Adjectives like oceanic, atmospheric, and epic are what spring to mind when describing Red Sparowes' debut, At the Soundless Dawn. Their music is all of these things and more. Red Sparowes are often mentioned in the same breath as instrumental bands [ read more ]
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Red Sparowes is epic without bombast, heavy without a single barre-chord riff and eviscerating without any clearly audible vocals. The chiming, spindly layers of effect-laden guitars and the swinging, entrancing drums on its Neurot Recordings debut At the Soundless Dawn create textures reminiscent of Goblin, Tones on Tail, Godspeed You Black Emperor and early Sonic Youth. Its attack is syrupy and serpentine; subtle but frighteningly deliberate. Every Red Heart is the highly anticipated second [ read more ]
MP3 $10.49
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Adjectives like oceanic, atmospheric, and epic are what spring to mind when describing Red Sparowes' debut, At the Soundless Dawn. Their music is all of these things and more. Red Sparowes are often mentioned in the same breath as instrumental bands Isis, Pelican, and Sunn 0))), and while they share influences and have similarities, Red Sparowes go off in a slightly different direction, with metal playing a more subdued role in the sonic architecture. Most of the tracks on {^At the S [ read more ]
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