The Appleseed Cast’s seventh full-length Sagarmatha is out today. The Kansas group still gets the emo tag on occasion, but at this point their sound — largely instrumental, elegant post-rock — exists outside Mineral references. On the new collection singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci doesn’t work out his vocal chords too much; instead, we get shadowy intonations and submerged lyricism. See, for instance, “Raise The Sails” and “The Summer Before.” In most cases, after a while, the words give way to shimmering guitars passages. Check out another Sagarmatha epic, “A Bright Light.”
Sagarmatha is out today (2/17) via The Militia Group. You can hear more from it at Appleseed
Cast’s MySpace.
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brilliant album. matches chris’ brilliant facial hair.
appleseed cast tends to be hit or miss for me, but this is working.
Hit or miss? What missed?
I need to stop comparing everything they do to the Low Level Owls. I think this is their best release since then, though only the two guitarists remain from the original troupe.
Appleseed Cast never missed. i think all of them are awesome. the new one is pretty damn good.
Nice. Really good vocal effects on this album.