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I'm not sure where I stand with these guys, sometimes I get Sunbather and really dig it but other times it's just noise, I've never experienced that with an album before.
I really like the change up in vocal styles. Still sounds like George, but he's obviously going for a little more black metal in his vocals (he used to remind me of Jacob Bannon, vocally, but now reminds me more of the vocalist from Sept of Memnon). I dig it. That guitar solo was pretty awesome too.
Based on their live performances post-Sunbather, I'd almost be tempted to say they seem to be going in a full on post rock/black metal fusion direction, since they add interludes between tracks that could fit soundly on an Explosions in the Sky or Godspeed You! Black Emperor record.He sounds a lot like he did on the Roads to Judah record, I like it. I prefer the voice I heard on Sunbather since it lent itself a bit better to the atmospheric, ambient, wall-of-sound characteristics of that record, but I'm happy to welcome a change when it is delivered this well. I'm guessing maybe he went back to that since this track really does sound like something we might have heard on the RtJ album, albeit with a level of depth and maturity you'd expect from a band having grown so much since then. It's a one-off track though, so I'm not at all anticipating this style to ultimately find its way onto their next LP. My guess is they'll be looking to expand further on the sounds and moods conveyed throughout the Sunbather record. That's just my guess, taking all I've seen, heard, and read thus far into account.