Moxa - The Harvest (2018) EN

Another German post-rock band that appears on ŁŚ. After Magma Waves, Noorvik and others, this time it's all about the very guitar instrumentally cinematic music from Leipzig. Moxa have released their first long play in November.

The band underwent some line-up changes and now function as a trio (so the picture is not valid anymore) and this resulted in changes in the style as well. It's darker and more aggressively guitar now and I consider it a plus. There is more raw riffs and bass-based compositions. But at the same time, Moxa's music still sounds very spacious. Especially in Bad (H)Ombre where there is an addition of violins sounds, thanks to guest appearance by Tanja Goldbecher.

The Germans drew their inspirations from Hindi sacred texts, literature (H.P. Lovecraft in Yog Sothoth) and controversial personalities (Robert Oppenheimer) and it's shown not only in the song titles or samples. Just as post-rock collectives often do, the artists are keen to write about serious issues in, perhaps, a bit pompous way. Among them, the album includes tracks about "the threat of mass-extinction and the current development of mankind into fatal directions". Very post-rock and very up-to-date.

The Harvest costs 7 EUR.

Check: Bad (H)Ombre

Country: Germany

Genre: aggressively guitar post-rock

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