Manifest

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共11首歌曲

艺人: Chessie
语种: 英语
厂牌: Plug Research
发行时间: 2008年02月05日
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by Marisa Brown

It took seven years for the duo of Stephen Gardner and Ben Bailes to release the follow-up to their 2001 record, Overnight, but it's a wait that ends up being well worth it, as Manifest, Chessie's fourth album, is a melodic bit of post-rock experimentation that toys wonderfully with the line between grittiness and beauty. Songs like the gentle, lovely, steady "Poughkeepsie Aflame" contrast with the sparser industrial "Farewell Diagonal" without seeming disparate, and in fact, it's the beauty of the complete album, as opposed to the strengths of its individual parts, that makes Manifest so alluring. It's a journey rather than a series of trips, a voyage of recurring themes and constants -- the circular guitar lines, the soft drone of the keyboards, the chirping percussion -- be it intra- or inter-track, even … » Read more