I can\u2019t say that I\u2019m well versed in indie-rock from Belgium, but judging from this album\u2019s very intriguing artwork, I had a feeling I\u2019d be a fan of Delwood. A band who are populated by a pair of bass players, a drummer and keyboardist who also picks up a trumpet, Delwood has crafted a 10-song debut that revolves around post-rock, prog-rock and psychedelic sounds, and offers them in a very calming, sometimes slightly more aggressive fashion.<\/p>\n
The scrappy and stylish \u201cHearts As Clocks\u201d starts with Alex Brull\u2019s lively drumming alongside mysterious talking and radiant bass lines, which flows into thicker moments with atmospheric keys and biting vocals. \u201cAt Large\u201d follows with playful samples and a cozy appeal that touches on jazz thanks to Vince Oury\u2019s hypnotic keys.<\/p>\n
Approaching the middle, \u201cUltimate\u201d mashes the intricate bass work with thumping drums and a swirling post-punk flavor, while \u201cA House Is A Corridor\u201d comes with both grit and melody that unfolds with expressive singing and complicated but accessible dual bass playing. \u201cThe Sequence Of Facts\u201d might be the best track, and pairs distant shouted vocals with hushed singing alongside the very pretty instrumentation.<\/p>\n
The last two tracks are \u201cThe Sound Of Victory\u201d and \u201cLighthouses.\u201d The former is a bit more forceful, where soundbites from political figures surround light-versus-dark song craft, and the latter emits careful ambience, poetic singing and a mesmerizing delivery of eloquence that welcomes Damien Chierici\u2019s well-timed violin. <\/p>\n
Greg and Ju Dubois handle bass and vocals on all tracks, and this unique approach, along with the very strategic electronics via Boris Gronemberger sprinkled throughout, makes every selection here distinct, memorable and engaging. Comparisons don\u2019t really do Delwood justice, but reference points would be Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky or even Modest Mouse. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[11077],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-47170","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-delwood","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47170","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=47170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47170"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}