PART THE SECOND

Maudlin Of The Well

Experimental/Post Metal

4.22 | 759 ratings

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The Second is one of those records you listen to under your blankets, with your eyes closed and with your mind completely blank. It's a very relaxing record without intentions of showing off or showcasing technical capabilities, but of delivering a memorable experience through its rather simple tracks.

Maudlin Of The Well, in its purest form, is an instrumental band. One that takes the rules of distorted guitars and uses them for different purposes, such as generating ambience. In Part The Second, however, Toby Driver steps up to the microphone to add some lyrics to the whole experience. I'm gonna be completely honest with you when I tell you that, not the lyrics themselves, but the vocals are quite lacking. It's pretty obvious Toby isn't a very trained singer.

With that said, this album is probably Maudlin's most mature effort when it comes to composition. Not just composition, but musicality itself shows a band that has finally learned how to balance each instrument perfectly. Part The Second has heavy use of guitars (which is to be expected in Post-Metal/Rock), keyboards, along with some use of wind instruments like Saxophone and Flute. Songs possess a rather manthra-like structure along with many moments of ambience.

This album, along with Bath and Leaving Your Body Map are considered classic within Post-Metal circles, which is completely understandable. I'm gladly giving this a five star score, and it's good to see it's appreciated quite a lot here.

Nhelv | 5/5 | 2022-2-28

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