E-L-R - Mænad (2019) EN

Recently I had a pleasure to be a part of Zurich's Bergmal Festival, the undoubtedly main discovery of which was the local band called E-L-R. And so it happened that the two girls and one guy band have released recently their debut album Mænad and... what a debut it is!

E-L-R's music is made of unbearably noisy (especially live) combination of post-rock ideas and shoegaze execution. Their wall of guitar sounds literally crushes you into the ground, the overlapping sounds sound precisely how My Bloody Valentine wanted them to in their shoegaze and the vocals are minimal or even non-existent. The artists usually limit themselves to airy backing vocals and generation of guitar noise.

But when the vocal does appear, as in Devotee, it brings some of unbelievable grandeur and truly just makes you cry out of beauty. Some other fragments are more post-rocking, as Above the Mountains There's Light for example, especially when it comes to compositions and the drums' part taken in this monumental experience. Certainly one of the most important albums of the year. Important news is that the Swiss band is going for a tour soon and will play also in Poland: November 13th in Wrocław and the next day in Warsaw.

Mænad costs 6.99 USD.

Check: Devotee

Country: Switzerland

Genre: shoegazing post-rock

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