HERMITAGE

Hermitage biography
HERMITAGE were born and live in Genoa. Since 2006 they have been playing in their hometown and in other cities in Italy, resulting one of the most interesting and promising Italian post rock bands in the underground scene. After a first auto produced ep, they released in 2007 "as in open spaces" for the Italian independent label Marsiglia Records (www.marsigliarecords.it), which was reviewed by many webzines and enjoyed from many listeners on the internet. Web radios transmitted their music and some of their compositions were chosen to be part of compilations related to instrumental music or to post rock in general like the Italian one "Post Rock Notes" or the American "The silent ballet". It's hard to describe or define their music, because many influences and styles can be heard in their compositions. They are exclusively instrumental , trying to concentrate on ear catching melodies, sudden rhythm changes, epic explosions, weaving harmonies and psychedelic atmospheres but also having in mind and being inspired from the music and style of many other bands they like and listen such as mono, explosions in the sky, tortoise, Oneida, motorpsycho, shellac ecc. Their aim is try to innovate and distinguish themselves as much as possible from ordinary post-rock, balancing at the same time the taste for simplicity and repetition with unexpected and sudden musical solutions. In April 2008 they recorded three new tracks that, according to their plans, will be part of a split (again for marsiglia records) with the Slovenian post rock band Coma-Stereo. So at the moment they are looking for other possible co operations in order to promote their latest music at their best, looking around for other independent labels that might be interested in a co-release with the already mentioned Marsiglia Records.

-Bio from the band's web page