Anyone else listen to this band (I'm assuming no)
Anyways, they're coming out with a new album on Tuesday called "Act II - The Meaning of, & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading" and I managed to get my hands on it early. Simply put, it's amazing. 15 songs and 1 hour, 17 minutes of pure heavenly bliss.
I wish I could really describe what kind of band they are, but they use so many different instruments that it's hard to group them. They are just a talented group. The lead man is Casey Crescenzo, who used to be singer/guitarist/keyboardist for The Receiving End of Sirens. This was his side project when he was in TREOS. They don't have a smilar sound.
Here's a review of the album...
"Oracles" and "Procession" are two new ones off the album. The other two are from the EP. If you like what you hear, I would be more than happy to send it all.
Hopefully you'll atleast give them a listen.
Anyways, they're coming out with a new album on Tuesday called "Act II - The Meaning of, & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading" and I managed to get my hands on it early. Simply put, it's amazing. 15 songs and 1 hour, 17 minutes of pure heavenly bliss.
I wish I could really describe what kind of band they are, but they use so many different instruments that it's hard to group them. They are just a talented group. The lead man is Casey Crescenzo, who used to be singer/guitarist/keyboardist for The Receiving End of Sirens. This was his side project when he was in TREOS. They don't have a smilar sound.
Here's a review of the album...
If there is one thing that The Dear Hunter does well, especially on Act II, it is in the creation of a diverse, varied sonic quilt that meshes so many different genres and eclectic musical influences. These range from the O Brother Where Art Thou-ish ragtime of “The Oracles on the Delhi Express,” the toe-tapping showpop of “Smiling Swine” (which also tosses in an a capella bridge and gospel-steeped home stretch), or “Blood of the Rose,” which draws heavily upon European classical pieces to paint its scant, haunting landscape. If sheer multiplicity does not seal the deal on its own, then it is equally worth noting how the band takes longstanding stereotypes about song styles, and turns them on their heads. To illustrate, check out “Red Hands” and see if you ever thought bleeding-heart emo could be so intelligent and majestic. Or likewise, scope “Dear Ms. Leading” and ask yourself if you believed blistering progressive tracks could be driving rather than sedated, and still contain barn-burning hooks while maintaining the continuity of the album’s story. In the end, while these descriptors might make the record sound fragmented and disjointed, the opposite could not be more true.
Strong as an entire album, Act II still stands up under scrutiny of its subcomponents. Instrumentally, The Dear Hunter has always piled it on thick, with plenty of layers of the good stuff. And there is little change here strategically, but rather, the album works as an evolution of the sound hinted at on the EP, aided of course by the decision to make TDH a full-band act. Expect to healthy doses of guitars, classical strings, pianos, shakers, horns, and plenty more contributors by which less creative artists are eternally intimidated.
Strong as an entire album, Act II still stands up under scrutiny of its subcomponents. Instrumentally, The Dear Hunter has always piled it on thick, with plenty of layers of the good stuff. And there is little change here strategically, but rather, the album works as an evolution of the sound hinted at on the EP, aided of course by the decision to make TDH a full-band act. Expect to healthy doses of guitars, classical strings, pianos, shakers, horns, and plenty more contributors by which less creative artists are eternally intimidated.
"Oracles" and "Procession" are two new ones off the album. The other two are from the EP. If you like what you hear, I would be more than happy to send it all.
Hopefully you'll atleast give them a listen.
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