Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Rockets and Blue Lights - A Smashed City With Flames and Music In The Air (2002)


This band didn't really do anything for me when I heard them the first couple times, admittedly it was the early '00s and I was only interested in faster, louder, harder and less into things of a more melodic and experimental vibe, but I remember seeing them at one of Albany's old bigger shows at Valentine's like Hawaiian Rock Fest or the one with pancakes or something along those lines, and their live show intensity really won me over. I'm not even really sure how to describe them because genre titles like math rock, post rock, or even screamo all bring to mind much, much worse music than this. Some really cool guitar work here throughout, an excellent spacey atmosphere focusing mostly on music with sporadic mumbled vocals here and there. Wish I could see them now when I'd appreciate it more, but isn't that usually how it goes?


Tracklist:
  1. A Smashed Piano
  2. Andee
  3. Forrest Green and Autumn
  4. We Bleed This in the Winter

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