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We like to think of post-rock as something that expands the limitations of the standard rock song. This is why Explosions in the Sky soundtrack football films. They make larger than life, staggeringly beautiful sounds. But what if a band took all the heft and expanse and condensed it with sharp pop sensibilities? Well, then you’d have Gray Young and you’d have what should be the surprise rock record of 2013, Bonfire. Opener “Canopy Reflected” shows the band’s knack for blistering guitars, soaring atmospherics, and impressive rhythms, but they also pare it back to lean, cutting octave runs late in the track. “Strange Comfort”, the album’s longest song, takes the slow build approach we might expect, but its use of space and the sheer chaos it launches into—borderless, thrilling—is bracing to hear.
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TRACK LISTING
01 Canopy Reflected
02 Firekit
03 Strange Comfort
04 Quiet Gift
05 Reincarnation Breeze
06 Into The Tall
07 Hidden Leaves
08 Smoke Signals
09 Dead Air
10 Wanderlust Opposite Bonfire
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