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February 17, 2009

New Appleseed Cast - "A Bright Light"

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The Appleseed Cast's seventh full-length Sagarmatha is out today. The Kansas group still gets the emo tag on occasion, but at this point their sound -- largely instrumental, elegant post-rock -- exists outside Mineral references. On the new collection singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci doesn't work out his vocal chords too much; instead, we get shadowy intonations and submerged lyricism. See, for instance, "Raise The Sails" and "The Summer Before." In most cases, after a while, the words give way to shimmering guitars passages. Check out another Sagarmatha epic, "A Bright Light."

The Appleseed Cast - "A Bright Light" (MP3)

Sagarmatha is out today (2/17) via The Militia Group. You can hear more from it at Appleseed
Cast's MySpace.

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brilliant album. matches chris' brilliant facial hair.

Posted by: annie onymous at 02/17/09 3:58 PM  | Reply
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appleseed cast tends to be hit or miss for me, but this is working.

Posted by: marky at 02/17/09 11:04 PM  | Reply
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Hit or miss? What missed?

Posted by: Ahonolow at 02/18/09 3:37 AM  | Reply
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I need to stop comparing everything they do to the Low Level Owls. I think this is their best release since then, though only the two guitarists remain from the original troupe.

Posted by: Ben at 02/18/09 11:37 AM  | Reply
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Appleseed Cast never missed. i think all of them are awesome. the new one is pretty damn good.

Posted by: Marv at 02/20/09 12:18 AM  | Reply
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Nice. Really good vocal effects on this album.

Posted by: Nathan Lively profile link at 05/12/09 11:42 PM  | Reply
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