LIFT YOUR SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN

Great monument of post-rock, although after this record many post-rock albums would hae the same sound, making it a bit boring to find out. Music clearly inspired by great bands like Slint and Mogwai, the greatest bands in this genre. It is a very good record, but there are some better ones (like GY!BE's debut album F#A# (infinity) and Slint's Spiderland).

Nice slow build-up of atmosphere on this disc, this band is not afraid of using large amounts of strings and very slow guitars, which rise and fall continuously. Especially the end of the first track (Storm) is great. Slowly the band create a threatening atmosphere, which becomes all the more intense near the end.

It is not music for anyone who wants a quick listen, but this record will prove very rewarding for those who really like to find new music and are willing to spend time doing so.

A great recommendation for people that already like this disc is "Set Fire To Flames", which is a side project by some of the members of this band. They would live in a separate apartment for a couple of days without sleeping, and eating regularly, and wanted to see what it would do to their consciousness. And the result "Sings Reign Rebuilder" is fascinating, lots of noisy sounds, which seem to come from nowhere, and then disappear again. This combined with some magnificent strings creates a great work of art, unlike anything I heard before.