Article by Ethan Donway
'Snow Fled': big
electric guitars and electronic drum beats meet ethereal vocals in a
gothy-feeling approach to songwriting. This is Vapour Night's second
album and it is all recorded in a home studio. The production is
impressive; if you like gloomy electro-rock then this is for you. The
Cure is responsible for some of this I think, then the guitars are
replaced by an ocean of synth. In the second song it's more rock 'n'
roll, real drums, still sad and Cure-like, though not as affected.
This is sad music from
a dark cold place... it's all ghosts and loneliness and even lonely
ghosts. This even shows in the band name, Vapour Night. As you can see by
the spelling of vapour (as opposed to vapor), they are from the UK, way in the north of
Scotland on the isle of Lewis. Here are some of Vapour Nights cheery lyrics:
"After years of
blinding white
it still falls like
sand
through these
crippled hands
So we'll stay until
we can't hold on
Until all our words
fail
Until our bitter end"
'Snow Fled' is available now as a name-your-price download via Bandcamp.
No comments:
Post a Comment