Echoes and Signals "Mercurial"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Progressive Post Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 9, 2021
Tracklist

1. Darkness (4:57) 

2. Tower (8:29) 

3. Broken Machine (10:13) 

4. In Transition (5:18) 

5. Chaos (4:25) 

6. Mirror (7:53) 

7. Dust (10:02) 

Total Time 51:17

Line-up

Fedor Kivokurtsev - Guitars, Vocals

Alexey Zaytsev - Bass, Keyboards

   With

Leo Margarit (Pain of Salvation) - Drums 

Description/Reviews:

Echoes and Signals are not like so many other post-rock bands. In fact, I’ve often hesitated to call them a post-rock band at all. I like a lot of post-rock, don’t get me wrong, but a lot of it is very safe and sticks firmly to a formula. You can hear what’s coming long before it arrives. This sort of post-rock isn’t necessarily unenjoyable, but it’s definitely unsurprising. I don’t mind signposts when I’m listening to music, but it’s always more enjoyable to not know quite where I’m being taken. Echoes and Signals seem to share this preference, and the previous album was all about the journey, and not the destination. ... The previous mix of psychedelic, post-rock and prog has given way to something closer to prog metal. Where I might have been reminded of Pink Floyd or Porcupine Tree on earlier releases, it is now more like Riverside or Indukti. Where I might have been reminded of iamthemorning or Anekdoten, it is now Queensrÿche or Tool. Which is not to say the band ever sounded particularly like the former, nor that they now sound particularly like the latter, but it gives some indication of how much the band has changed in sound, while still retaining some of the same aspects that allows them to maintain their identity.

Read the full review by Nick Hudson at theprogressiveaspect.net

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