Gates "Bloom And Breathe"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Post Rock
Label: Pure Noise Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: October 21, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Everything That Has Ever Been 01:44
2. Bloom 04:22
3. Persist in Delusion 03:39
4. Not My Blood 05:55
5. Light The First Page 03:33
6. The Thing That Would Save You 06:03
7. Nothing You'll Miss 02:26
8. At Last the Loneliest Of Them 06:11
9. Born Dead 03:21
10. Marrow 01:50
11. Low 04:07
12. Again At The Begining 05:51
13. Everything That Always Will Be 02:30

Line-up: 
Dan King - guitar
Mike Maroney - bass
Daniel Crapanzano - drums
Ethan Koozer - guitar

Kevin Dye - guitar, vocals

Description/Reviews: 

While Bloom & Breathe sure carries that post-emo/indie/post-rock/post-hardcore/whateveryouwanttocallit sound, there’s an essence here that shows Gates is much, much more than just another in a long string of bands that should have signed with Deep Elm Records... One of the most noteworthy aspects of Bloom & Breathe is how impressive it is as a single listen. The album flows beautifully, trading off airy, post-rock dynamics with pensive post-hardcore with ease. The problem is that it seems to tail off a tad after “Born Dead”. The remaining four songs are all solid enough, but they lack the perfect ebb and flow of the preceding nine songs. It’s a small issue, but it weighs down what could have otherwise been an album of the year candidate.

 Read the full review by Nicholas Senior at newnoisemagazine.com

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