Seattle has never been short on fantastic music \u2013 both past and present \u2013 and now we can add the relatively new outfit Temple Canyon to that long list. This act is spearheaded by front woman Mariko Ruhle, a singer and guitarist who has an affinity for the ’70s Laurel Canyon music scene; Al Reiter (drums, vocals) and Jason Shao (bass, guitar, vocals) help her flesh out the meticulous, warm tunes on Fortress.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cPressure\u201d starts with soft guitars and vocals that build into a tense yet melodic restrained rocker, which reminds us of Stevie Nicks if she grew up on today’s version of indie folk. \u201cMy Goldmine\u201d follows with a warm, simmering display of beautiful textures and emotive delivery.<\/p>\n
In the middle, \u201cI Tangled With The Serpent,\u201d which features Kris Gray on lead guitar, finds a nice to reside somewhere between cautious folk rock and spacey Americana sounds that glide with beautiful turbulence. Meanwhile, \u201cRoses In My Hair\u201d is a slow burner that’s no less powerful in its sparse, creative setting. One of the album’s best, \u201cElysium,\u201d rests here and offers expressive vocals alongside dynamic interplay between the rhythm section that’s hazy and even with a little punk influence. <\/p>\n
At the end, \u201cDesire\u201d runs wild with an upbeat pace of glorious melody and a punchy folk pop spirit that’s so infectious it’s worth the price of admission alone. \u201cNew Moon\u201d exits the affair with a haunting feel through waves of timeless, nostalgic songwriting.<\/p>\n
An entirely DIY effort where the band recorded, mixed, and engineered this third album, the layering, texturing, and reverb-friendly moments are nothing short enthralling. Those with a careful eye will note the cover art bearing a strong resemblance to Fleetwood Mac’s Mirage<\/i>, and there are certainly many parallels to be found between the two bands. I doubt anyone could have a problem with that \u2013 certainly not me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10429],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-45728","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-temple-canyon","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45728"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45728"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}