Matthew Tsai
08/18/08, 12:42 PM
Foxhole - We the Wintering Tree
Record Label: Burnt Toast Vinyl
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Wow.
With the snowy album cover guiding my senses, Foxhole's We the Wintering Tree led me on a monumental journey through an undiscovered world of mystic and ethereal beauty. Whether this world actually exists or not does not matter; the only item of importance during these travels is that everything is beautiful.
Snow capped trees and bleach white owls and a frozen lake penetrate my imagination when "A Series Of Springs and Falls" rolls around. The rich charm is harrowing, to say the least. My trance momentarily ends when "The End of Dying" strikes with its post-hardcore fervor, which hints, perhaps, at something evil in roaming in the lands. But the track ends with trumpets reminiscent of Anathallo and "Dead Rimes" resumes the peace, only to again push the noisy post-hardcore sound in an almost math rock approach. "Spectacle" shows off vocals, something rare for a post-rock band; the vocals only further enhance the soft radiance the lush song croons. The album is chock full of a wonderful quality of incomprehensible-ness as it lulls you (or rocks you) all the way through until the quiet and placid "Through Bone and Marrow" ends the imposing composition.
We the Wintering Tree is an album fit for orchestration. As hard as I try, it's incredibly hard to put the grandness of the record in words. This is music meant for a transcendental experience; for the highest rank of aesthetes; for the naysayers of post-rock. This is practically timeless music.
I found myself wandering in a snowy landscape. You are almost guaranteed to find yourself in a different world. This album will inevitably lead each individual to somewhere unique, somewhere soon to become personal. We the Wintering Tree is an inconceivable experience that takes courage to absorb. I dare you to take the journey. You will not be disappointed (and that's an understatement).
Wow.
Foxhole's Push/Pull; breathtaking post-rock beauty
myspace.com/foxhole (http://www.myspace.com/foxhole)
Record Label: Burnt Toast Vinyl
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Wow.
With the snowy album cover guiding my senses, Foxhole's We the Wintering Tree led me on a monumental journey through an undiscovered world of mystic and ethereal beauty. Whether this world actually exists or not does not matter; the only item of importance during these travels is that everything is beautiful.
Snow capped trees and bleach white owls and a frozen lake penetrate my imagination when "A Series Of Springs and Falls" rolls around. The rich charm is harrowing, to say the least. My trance momentarily ends when "The End of Dying" strikes with its post-hardcore fervor, which hints, perhaps, at something evil in roaming in the lands. But the track ends with trumpets reminiscent of Anathallo and "Dead Rimes" resumes the peace, only to again push the noisy post-hardcore sound in an almost math rock approach. "Spectacle" shows off vocals, something rare for a post-rock band; the vocals only further enhance the soft radiance the lush song croons. The album is chock full of a wonderful quality of incomprehensible-ness as it lulls you (or rocks you) all the way through until the quiet and placid "Through Bone and Marrow" ends the imposing composition.
We the Wintering Tree is an album fit for orchestration. As hard as I try, it's incredibly hard to put the grandness of the record in words. This is music meant for a transcendental experience; for the highest rank of aesthetes; for the naysayers of post-rock. This is practically timeless music.
I found myself wandering in a snowy landscape. You are almost guaranteed to find yourself in a different world. This album will inevitably lead each individual to somewhere unique, somewhere soon to become personal. We the Wintering Tree is an inconceivable experience that takes courage to absorb. I dare you to take the journey. You will not be disappointed (and that's an understatement).
Wow.
Foxhole's Push/Pull; breathtaking post-rock beauty
myspace.com/foxhole (http://www.myspace.com/foxhole)