Guapo "History of the Visitation"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Avant Prog, Zeuhl
Label: Cuneiform Records
Release date: January 29, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. The Pilman Radiant
2. Complex #7
3. Tremors From The Future

Line-up: 
Dave Smith - drums, percussion
Emmett Elvin - keybords
Kavus Torabi - guitars
James Sedwards - bass

Description/Reviews: 

Prepare yourself for an experience that’s simultaneously otherworldly and assaultive. On paper, the music of Guapo reads like a riddle – the British quartet’s sound is based around ideas like controlled chaos, atonal harmony, uplifting darkness, and beautiful destruction. Nothing about the band or their work seems to adhere to even the most open-minded set of preconceptions about the meaning of umbrella terms like “rock,” or “progressive,” or even “experimental.” But when you abandon the need to reconcile any of these concepts with each other, and simply let their latest album, History of the Visitation, speak for itself, everything becomes radiantly clear.
History of the Visitation is the ninth album from the forward-looking foursome. The band’s return to Cuneiform finds them following through on the kind of epic constructions that sprung forth from the aforementioned albums. The record is dominated by the 26-minute tour de force “The Pilman Radiant,” offset only by the 11-minute journey “Tremors from the Future” and the considerably more compact sonic sculpture known as “Complex #7.”
In addition to the new studio album, both the CD and LP versions include a live DVD of the group from their 2006 and 2007 USA and European tours. This is the only live footage of the band available to the public and features former member Daniel O'Sullivan.

Media/Samples 
The Pilman Radiant (excerpt)
Trailer

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