Jena, Germany\u2019s post-punk outfit Snow Trail sure did bring the heat for this debut album on the It’s Eleven label, where songs penned during the pandemic welcome electronic ideas into their often intense formula that actually seems suited for late-night activity. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Vice\u201d opens the listen with Ace\u2019s playful bass lines, before Padraig Silenos\u2019 furious drumming enters the shimmering post-punk flavor that\u2019s both hard-hitting and dreamy. \u201cMirrors\u201d follows, and recruits plenty of atmosphere, where the lively rhythm section is aligned with frontman Pascal\u2019s echoing vocals, and \u201cFragments Repeated\u201d takes that lead into a scrappy and slightly ominous display of moody rock.<\/p>\n
Moving into the middle, the brighter tone of \u201cGlobal Village\u201d uses spoken word from Silenos alongside animated synth, thanks to Pascal, that flirts with pop ideas. Meanwhile \u201cGravity\u201d is a calm moment of floating beauty that, at just 90 seconds, leaves an impression.<\/p>\n
The intensity returns for the thumping and darkly rhythmic \u201cConstructions,\u201d though it\u2019s the ambient waves of \u201cInfinity\u201d that balances both light and moody ideas with tremendous skill and execution. The final track, \u201cTeacups Placed In Sweet Disorder,\u201d is another excellent selection, where pulsating guitar, rumbling bass and acrobatic drumming build into walls of pounding noise-rock.<\/p>\n
The addition of Hannes Hofer\u2019s sparing but effective alto sax on one tune can\u2019t go unmentioned, too, as Snow Trail mash \u201980s post-punk with bouts of dream-pop and no-wave tendencies into a fantastic full-length. The band recorded it themselves, and the guitar effects, well-timed synth and refined minimalism sure is appreciated. At a running time of just over 30 minutes, it\u2019s a great way to spend a half hour. Or, if you\u2019re like me, and possess an affinity for throwback post-punk, you\u2019ll just listen to it twice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[11018],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-47020","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-snow-trail","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47020","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=47020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47020"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}