SET GUITARS TO KILL

With the memorable and by now relatively well known "Set Guitars to Kill", we are introduced to the singles off their debut LP, And So I Watch You From Afar and the band's darker beginnings (when compared to their middle period starting with All Hail...). This track is also evidence to their unique, on-brand fusion of Math Rock, Post-Rock and Prog elements. This'n's big, with droning bass, heavy guitar and straight-ahead drums. Great, again memorable riffage and an excellent performance, I think it's a great introduction to the band [though, admittedly, I'm still ignorant of their first 2 EPs that preceded this and the aforementioned LP].

Though still dark and moody, we get glints of light on the flipside, the beautiful and epic "A Little Bit of Solidarity goes a Long Way". Awesome main riff and compositionally highly appealing and striking right off the bat. More recognizably Post-Rock in structure on this, it's big and loud, falling away to a sizeable swelling, emotive section to end things out. Post-Rock is, I would say, their general genre of origin. They utilize Rock instrumentation to great effect, compositionally other and texturally grand. Perhaps, in the grand scheme of things, an even better intro to ASIWYFA, capturing elements of their early and middle periods.