As it is suggested by the people of dunk!records, and nobody knows it better than them, I Hear Sirens from Utah is one of the bands that was directly involved in the post-rock evolution and made their part when "once fringe experimental form transitioned into a recognized faction of contemporary alternative music". Now the quartet released their... only third album called Stella Mori.
It's been over a decade since they debuted and the Americans managed to get a lot of fans in meantime but their discography lacked this opus magnum of sorts. Perhaps this is it, perhaps this album will be remembered as one. It is Characterized by the dark colour and unbelievable quality of sound. The guitars are soaked with darkenss and weight, although really loud gets pretty late with Ad Caelum. And dark, have I mentioned that? I can't stress this enough, how dark IHS's music is and it's done with almost only guitars with symbolic traces of other effects.
They can only a make the atmosphere a tiny bit brighter, just like it is with the keys but still, they seem to be like single stars with all the pitch-black space around them.The whole album makes an almost perfect template fot the modern post-rock music. The artists also don't shy from the most impressive part of the genre: built-up tension and spectacular finishes, the thing we can experience in Burden of Memory and, first of all, in the fantastic ending of the album in Stella Mori.
Stella Mori costs 8 USD.
Check: Stella Mori
Country: Utah, US
Genre: guitar post-rock
Label: dunk!records
