Brass Box - The Cathedral (2019) EN

After seducing me with their single Rivers that appeared on the blog in February, the Californian Brass Box come back with a newly released debut album. As could be guessed, The Cathedral  doesn't disappoint in any way.

The band's compositions' character is vastly influenced by the fantastic Ammo Bankoff's vocals. They sometimes sound almost metal-like powerful (Bats), sometimes airy and always as if taken from an album from several decades ago. That's why Brass Box gets a lot of those retro vibes that make them stand out from the enormous number of Californian shoegaze projects.

This feeling is even greater in Latency in which the instruments go together with the vocal making the song a tribute to the music of the 80s (am I detecting some Dead Can Dance vibes?) and what's more, it's the most memorable track of the album.

The Cathedral costs 8 USD.

Check: Latency

Country: California, US

Genre: retrogaze

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