?The secretive instrumental art metal outfit Pelican was formed in Chicago by guitarists Trevor de Brauw and Laurent Lebec, with bassist Larry Herweg and his sibling drummer, Bryan. Owing a great debt to pioneering forefathers Neurosis and often compared to Boston's nearly as influential Isis (minus the vocals, naturally), Pelican coincidentally also found a home at Isis mastermind Aaron Turner's Hydra Head Records. After making their debut with an eponymous four-song EP in 2003, Pelican expanded their ep...   [ read more ]

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All the reasons that make Pelican great, and a forerunner in the instru-metal scene, are magnified ten-fold on this EP opus containing two tracks clocking in at nearly 40 minutes. It's the band's first new release since their 2003 debut, Australasia. The track 'March Into The Sea' will appear on the upcoming full-length. This is a deluxe, expanded 20-minute version. 'Angel Tears', originally on Australasia, gets a remix treatment by Justin Broadrick (Jesu, Godflesh). 'Both beautiful and awe-inspiring'--Mag...   [ read more ]

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Although they already released a self-titled EP that was longer than many bands' regular albums, Australasia is the first official full-length by Chicago art-metal instrumentalists Pelican. It's maybe too easy to draw comparisons to Isis, especially since that band's Aaron Turner signed them and released this album on his label, but there are similarities: the layered guitars, the sense of dynamics, and the expansive, slowly unfolding songwriting approach. One major difference is that while Isis uses vocal...   [ read more ]

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