GENRE: Electronic, Ambient, Acoustic
Label: No Source
Release date: 2010
Total running time: 0:43:18
Steve Setzepfandt and Josh Wittman are back with their second release on No-Source and third full-length album "Cedarleaf," the follow-up to 2009's "Glass Memories." "Cedarleaf" is Rho's most accessible album to date. It is a beautiful mix of electronic rhythms, synth swirls, and guitar driven melodies; a pop landscape with a mountain range of cinematic style. "Sun Justice" begins the album with soft ambient electronics, leading into the dark, electric guitar-heavy "Mississippi." "K-Eyes" sees Rho switching it up a little, with keyboards handling a potent pop melody. The rest of the album flows like a soundtrack with each song tipping its hat to the next. This all leads up to the fantastic climax that is "Day Into Night," a six-minute guitar-driven epic that crescendos into the shores of Post-Rock. Credits roll with night sounds, field recordings and soft synth pads as "The End Sleep" drifts into silence. This whole release comes highly recommended, especially for fans of Album Leaf / El Ten Eleven / Lymbyc Systym / Boards of Canada.
| TRACKLIST |
| 01 - Sun Justice 02 - Mississippi 04 - Skyline Horizon 05 - First Fist 06 - K-Eyes 07 - Day Into Morning 08 - Cedarleaf 09 - Pipeline 10 - Cedarleaf (Reprise) 11 - Day Into Night 12 - The End Sleep |
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