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Tom Astley discovers emotionally heightened, sincere soundscapes on the release from post-rock collective Dreamtigers
Skeletal Lightning
Released: 18.02.22
Post-rock collective Dreamtigers offer emotionally heightened, sincere soundscapes which are, at moments, sublime. Haunted, reverb-laden distorted guitars, growling bass, pounding drums and howling lead give a comforting palette over which vocals drawl in a tone redolent of Death Cab For Cutie. Cello and fingerpicked guitar add a folky sound, heard further in the 6/8 sway of opening track Six Rivers.
Stand out tracks are mid-album diptych I See The Future and For Sally, which capture the ecstatic timbral poetry of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, dream-like mantras building to emotional climaxes. However, this feeling is curtailed on a record where there are moments that are more soporific than dreamy. To quote Jorge Luis Borges’ Dreamtigers: “A tiger appears indeed, but… far too fleeting”.
