Album Of The Week by STARZ

[Starz]

This is a good idea I'll start posting some albums soon, just need to decide what it is I will post...

[Starz]

Grace Cathedral Park - In The Evenings of Regret [2004]



1. Play Delicate, Desire Quiet
2. It's All Well Above Wonder Anyway
3. Is It the Hurt You're Drowning In
4. Settling for the Broken in the Things Never Forgotten
5. Hey Pretty, Could You Stay Awhile
6. Latter Day Love Affairs and Everything Else You Would Hope to Forget

Grace Cathedral Park formed in the winter of 2002 as a collaboration among nine people wanting to create something beautiful and inimitable. Their debut album, "In the Evenings of Regret," is, in a word, stunning. They do not dwell or dominate, but tiptoe gingerly, then sweep grandly, swallowing up listeners. The band has been compared to Mogwai, Low, Sigur Ros, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Explosions in the Sky. Like those bands, they will catch you off guard with epic-length songs that simmer just below the surface before swelling into arresting climaxes. "In the Evenings of Regret" consists of only six tracks, but clocks in at an impressive 77 minutes of music -- a tremendous force underlying the seemingly fragile casing.

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http://www.filefactory.com/file/b05g75b/n/Grace_Cathedral_Park_-_In_The_Evening_Of_Regret.Lame.Extreme.zip

http://www.myspace.com/gracecathedralpark

http://www.last.fm/music/Grace+Cathedral+Park

Can buy it here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gcpark

[Crazylegs]

Wow. This sounds really good. Thank you sir.

[Crazylegs]

I'm listening to the album now. This was right up my alley man.

[bright lights, big city]

pressures on for me to come up with something great for these threads, because this was another good one. Hearing this band now, I guess it was better late than never.

[Starz]

Glad you guys like the album. And now for something a little different...

Young Legionnaire - Crisis Works [2011]



When you stick members of two of the UK's best and most progressive acts of recent times - Yourcodenameis:milo and Bloc Party - in a band it's no surprise to hear the resulting record is a melting pot of compelling ideas executed with stunning precision. 'Crisis Works' is at base a heavy rock record, the likes of 'Twin Victory' an absolute whirlwind of crushing riffs. However, there are plenty of dynamics, tender moments and a definite through line of melody here too. The best example of this being 'A Hole In The World', a quite staggeringly beautiful track and contender for best song of the year.

For fans of: Yourcodenameis:milo, Bloc Party, At The Drive-In.

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http://www.filesonic.com/file/889515061

http://www.myspace.com/younglegionnaire

[Starz]

The Saddest Landscape - You Will Not Survive [2010]



1 Declaring War on Nostalgia
2 Torn, Broken, Beautiful
3 Eternity is Lost on the Dying
4 Imperfect but Ours
5 So Lightly Thrown
6 The Shadows I Call Home
7 From All of Those

First record in seven years for the band too easily banded into the emo / screamo bracket, The Saddest Landscape offer so much more than the genre is easily stigmatised for. Andy Maddox's screams are ones verging on a tearful breakdown throughout 'You Will Not Survive', slight elements of progression even creep in showing the band's creative aspirations. Where the real beauty of the band lies, however, is in the lyrics, full of retrospect and hope: "We live our lives like the guitar breaks in, beautiful and melodic and ready to explode, and God damn, we looked good". A wonderfully passionate record.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?x9qdtz86ig2c26g

Not sure why I can't embed a YouTube video. Gayyyyyy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqlh3xzn2wA

[spitfire]

Grace Cathedral Park - In The Evenings of Regret [2004]

spent my afternoon working while listening to this. great!

[Crazylegs]

yeah, i haven't gotten around to the other ones yet. Still enjoying the first one.

[Jerry_Curls]

The Saddest Landscape - You Will Not Survive [2010]

I totally forgot about this band..it says on my iTunes that I haven't listened to them since 2006...oh my! I'll listen to this sometime this week! Awesome album cover btw.

[blixa]

Grace Cathedral Park - In The Evenings of Regret [2004]

spent my afternoon working while listening to this. great!

i can't help but feel this band was heavily influenced by red house painters based on their name.

[Starz]

Jeudah - While We Sleep (2011)



Jeudah is an indie rock band from Norrköping, Sweden. Following the breakup of Eskju Divine in 2008, Kristian Karlsson formed Jeudah with Khoma vocalist Jan Jämte.

800 kilometers apart. The two members of Jeudah, vocalist Jan Jämte (also in Khoma) and instrumentalist Kristian Karlsson (also in pg.lost), hasn't had that many chances to meet in person. Instead the sound of Jeudah has been forged through a long-distance relationship built around countless of hours of talking and experimenting alone in front of microphones and amplifiers. The result is a sound that encompasses vulnerability, heaviness and epic soundscapes - all in a straightforward, melodic manner.

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http://www.multiupload.com/M27TO4XDCV

http://www.myspace.com/jeudah

[Starz]

I know there's a couple of people here who like Khoma so I thought you'd be interested to here it

[Crazylegs]

doesn't sound too shabby. Reminds me of Muse at times.

[bright lights, big city]

doesn't sound too shabby. Reminds me of Muse at times.

Muse and maybe even a little John Murphy's 28 Weeks Later soundtrack. This is great! "Edge of the World" is brilliant.

[Starz]

Winterlight - Hope Dies Last [2011]



01 - A Sky Full of Clouds
02 - Between Joy
03 - Your Wings Make You Fly
04 - Awake and Sleeping
05 - Suddenly Something Good
06 - Natvardsgasterna
07 - Swept
08 - Plattenbauten Palast
09 - Zvenya
10 - Line of Flight
11 - Of All Things
12 - I Still Hope

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http://www.filesonic.com/file/1077138794/Winterlight-Hope-Dies-Last-MD186-WEB-2011-SiBERiA.rar

Winterlight - A Sky Full Of Clouds

For fans of: Hammock, Lights Out Asia

[black coffee]

I know there's a couple of people here who like Khoma so I thought you'd be interested to here it

Seen them at Friction Fest this year. Their singer is a crazy dude, I thought he was gonna hurt himself on stage. Some songs sounded similar, but nevertheless an excellent live band.

Gonna listen to Jeudah later..

[bright lights, big city]

for fans of LIGHTS OUT ASIA?! you got me in.

[Starz]

What's that? You want some post-rock meets Nine Inch Nails? OH, OKAY.

A Skyline on Fire -  Slow

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http://www.mediafire.com/?s0b57riq2a6a1f6

For fans of: Nine Inch Nails, Ascent of Everest

A Skyline on Fire - Sinners (Official Video)

I have another cool release for you guys which I'll post soon.

[Starz]

Swarms - Old Raves End [2011]



1. T-1000
2. Chapel   
3. Flikr Of Ur Eye
4. Roulette
5. Hostile
6. Polar
7. Sky Below Sea
8. Stokes Croft
9. Time Lapse
10. Sterling
11. Bison

"One of the most dynamic and beautiful debut albums to have ever been released, Old Raves End may just end up stealing 2011's heart."

It got a review of 5/5 at Sputnik.com

FLAC:

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http://lix.in/-9d01ac

MP3:

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http://www.filesonic.com/file/242214494/swarms-old_raves_end_2011.rar

Sputnik review:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/43099/Swarms-Old-Raves-End/

For fans of: Burial, Clubroot, Four Tet, ambient dub and down-tempo type stuff. This is SO emotional and good.

Swarms - Flikr Of Ur Eyes