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The Montana-based instrumental post-rock band caught my attention back in 2019 with the master-piece album Babel. I sort of had known they existed before, but it was only after their 4th album that I was sure they are one of the best artists within the genre. Now, with Cardinal Winds, the Americans want to remind us about this fact.
The title refers to the four directions of the world: North, South, East and West, as they were perceived by the Ancient Greeks. And so do some of the track titles while other ones suggesting some epic journey that takes place somewhere within those "cardinal winds". It all seems to be deriving inspirations from the Ancient epics like The Iliad and so there's little surprise that the guitar music here is definitely accordingly majestic and epic. The instruments sound like mountain ranges (sic!) or waves on a stromy sea - there's a lot going on with the loud and huge sounds for some time only to go low and quiet for a change eventually. I remember Babel as more massive, more audience-crushing while the new album shows a lot of melodies and complex compositions with everything a good post-rock release requires. Also, Deluge is going to be one of the post-rock highlights of the year.
Cardinal Winds costs 7 USD.
Check: Deluge
Country: Montana, US
Genre: guitar post-rock
Label: A Thousand Arms Music
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