I have to admit that I missed this band. And they are from Poland! And it's not even their debut album! It had to be my foreign friends who let me know about the Poznań-based outfit and it's a great thing they did since Maze (released all the way back in spring, but I really wanted to mention it on the blog!) offers some very decent post-rock music and I don't use words like this lightly.
While this is the kind of instrumental guitar music that is very much focused on the melodic side of post-rock, the artists know very well when they need to step on it and brings some noisy bliss to the audience. It's still not the overwhelmingly heavy guitar wall I would perhaps prefer, but it's an interesting take on the melody-filled rest of the album. Especially tracks like Second Chance, Third Time create a good blend of fast and melodic with fast and louder music.
It's no wonder to me that the whole description of the album consists of a quote from Haruki Murakami: "Has the dark shadow really disappeared?/ Or is it inside me, concealed, waiting for its chance to reappear?". The album, vibrant and full of life, certainly is lined with some darker tones.
Maze costs 6 EUR (25 PLN).
Check: Second Chance, Third Time
Country: Poland
Genre: melodic post-rock