ourhomeisthesky - Reflections (2022)

The Tasmanian artist, known only as ourhomeisthesky, released his first EP under this moniker with the Scottish label vaporgaze back in August. And I must say, although his music has not the highest quality of sound, the compositions here are fantastic and based on pretty interesting music ideas.

The first track gives more instrumental ambient vibes with the use of subtle drones and the beautiful piano keys, but it soon turns into more sinister way with the marching-like pace and metal guitars in the backgrounds. Those electronic guitar sounds transferred to the compositions' back rows are a theme on the album, but what is layered onto them, changes from track to track. Deserted introduces the melancholic vocals, early Crippled Black Phoenix-style, that eventually evolve into full-blown blackgaze distant screams. The further the album gets, the more metal-like the guitars become and it's clear that the Australian artist aims at creating the moodier but also quieter kind of (post-)metal music.

Reflections costs 2.5 EUR (4 AUD).

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Country: Australia

Genre: lo-fi blackgaze

Label: vaporgaze

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