ctrlaltdelete - mondegreens
4 track mini album/ep that wont take much to describe. falling into the genre of post rock the tracks all follow the same pattern. quiet delicate guitars and swoonsome melodies are backed up by gentle warm bass line and subtle drums all of which lulls the listener into a false sense of sonic security, as the delicate indie strummings give way to the onslaught of sonic chaos, effects pedals are hammered to death, the volume turned all way to eleven and generally soundtracking the beginning of the end of civilisation. which may sound like something that should not grace anyones stereo system. well, that's plain wrong, because, despite the massive noise and layers, there is a warm beating heart at the core of these instrumental affairs, as well as the fact, that when the band pull back from the edge, they really do know how to form some fine melodic guitar music, and, even during the full on cacophony there is often an air of mystery and melancholy (or is it tension as the listener is awaiting the next deluge of eardrum mania), especially on the beautifully titled 'all our greatest memories are in sepia'.
so there you have it in a nutshell.
quiet and laidback, fast--n-loud-n-heavy. quiet and laid back.
and so the pattern is continued and looped across the records 26 minutes.
in a word - beguiling.