Review: Aloha - Some Echoes (or) brace your face for the ice storm
Posted on 9 December 2006 | 5 Comments
Filed Under: Album Reviews, Indie Rock, Post Rock
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Where exactly is Aloha from? They are spread out all over the eastern half of the US, but let’s just say Ohio-ish. Anyhow, their latest record Some Echoes (out now on the always awesome Polyvinyl Records) builds on what they’ve previously done over the course of the four previous full-length albums.
The songs are built around the furiously restrained percussion of drummer Cale Parks. He is the propulsive mechanism that locks everything in place. The instruments collide like bursts of fireworks to create moments of great tension that almost seem to pull the songs apart. The songs groove (a la The Sea And Cake) in a post-rock way that doesn’t rock as much as it just continuously unfolds forward.
Its almost like driving into the winter darkness. Headlights fixated on the falling snow that seems like it goes on forever. Aloha’s attention to the smallest details is what makes Some Echoes so mesmerizing. The imaginative percussion, the vibes, and the gorgeous melodies. And while Some Echoes is essentially a pop record, it is also so much more.
MP3 | Aloha – Weekend Some Echoes
MP3 | Aloha – Summer Lawn Some Echoes
Comments
i can't see myself driving through snow- in the dark,.. with this music playing.. lol
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Keep doing what yr doing,
JT.