Envy "Atheist's Cornea"

Country: Japan
Genre(s): Post Rock, Post-Hardcore
Label: Temporary Residence (US), Rock Action Records (UK), Sonzai Records (Japan)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 15, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Blue Moonlight (4:09)
2. Ignorant Rain and the End of the World (3:29)
3. Shining Finger (7:04)
4. Ticking Time and String (6:28)
5. Footsteps in the Distance (5:31)
6. An Insignificant Poem (4:42)
7. Two Isolated Souls (5:43)
8. Your Heart and My Hand (6:27)

Total time 43:33

Line-up: 
Tetsuya Fukagawa - vocals
Masahiro Tobita - guitar
Nobukata Kawai - guitar
Manabu Nakagawa - bass
Dairoku Seki - drums

Description/Reviews: 

Stripped down to sheet music, “Ignorant Rain at the End of the World” and “Your Heart and My Hand” would parallel Bach chorales. But, placed in Envy’s blender, they sound more concretely hardcore, pushing the genre’s limits by flipping it on its head with complex progressions rather than tweaking a single aspect into a gimmick. Even at quieter parts, the album glows. “Shining Finger” has a breakdown worth crying to, the tension high and the delivery impeccable, and “Two Isolated Souls” borders on a pop chord progression while still painting the sky with the twinkle of post-rock. It evokes Pianos Become the Teeth and La Dispute as much as it does This Will Destroy You and Explosions in the Sky.

 Read the full review by Dan Bogosian at consequenceofsound.net

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