Somali Yacht Club - The Space (2022)

After Sun and The Sea, there comes The Space. The third album by the Ukrainian post-metal/stoner rock big names makes an amazing and very heavy experience. It is also pretty amazing that it could get released at all.

The band's modus operandi is to explore the "boundless, wide-open, quiet/loud spaces that atmospheric post-rock and metal occupy". Their music is build on the stoner-like heavy guitar sound with its relatively slow pace and thick atmosphere. This creates a literal sea of noise with drums being the waves on the surface and the vocals the wind traveling over. There's such a clear nostalgic vibes here, the vocals sound tearful at some places, the music deep and mesmerizingly noisy. Especially when the vocals turn more towards choral chanting in Echo of Direction. Powerful stuff.

I find the album even more significant as it was released while the band's country is literally on fire and the bombs are falling down around their homes. The album is a sign that there's still place for art in hell and it is also used for good cause as the band is going "to donate all profits made in 2022 (till the end of the year) to various charities to help Ukraine and Ukrainians now". 

The Space costs 9.99 USD.

Somali Yacht Club - The Sea (2018)

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Country: Ukraine

Genre: stoner post-metal

Label: Season of Mist

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Somali Yacht Club - The Sea (2018) EN

Somali Yacht Club is already a very well-known example of the more stone rock face of post-rock. The Lviv-based Ukrainians come back with their new album and new tour around Europe. and, more importantly, their form leaves nothing to wish for.

"The Sea" is a collection of long guitar compositions and every one of them has its own weight. Dense and smooth guitar backgrounds are met with heavy metal riffs and nobody should be surprised that they manage to combine the gloomy mood of post-rock and dusty paths of stoner rock so well. It's also really interesting in the text layer, as in the opening "Vero" in which the well over 10 minutes of music has only two lines of lyrics and it sounds absolutely great.

The next track, "Religion of Man" is probably the best one on the album. The guitar music here goes right up to the climax and the lyrics talking about passing by and the difficult quest to accept it fits perfectly to the band's heavy sound. And this is probably the most important track of the album since its title and the cover art go together with the message of "Religion of Man".

"The Sea" costs 7 USD.

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Somali Yacht Club - The Sea (2018) PL

Somali Yacht Club to już dobrze znany przedstawiciel bardziej stone rockowej odmiany post-rocka. Ukraińcy ze Lwowa wracają w tym roku z nową płytą i nową trasą koncertową, również po Polsce. I najważniejsze, że nie stracili nic ze swojej formy.

"The Sea" to zbiór długich gitarowych kompozycji, z których każda ma swoją wagę. Gęste i gładkie gitarowe tła spotykają się tu z gracją z mocnymi, heavymetalowymi riffami i nikogo nie dziwi, że można tak połączyć ponurą atmosferę post-rocka i zakurzone ścieżki stoner rocka. Ciekawie jest też w warstwie tekstowej, jak np w otwierającym płytę "Vero", gdzie przy grubo ponad dziesięć minut muzyki wokalizowane są tylko dwie linijki tekstu. Ale za to jak.

Następny utwór, "Religion of Man" to chyba najlepszy kawałek tej płyty. Gitarowa muzyka jest tutaj majstersztykiem, a tekst o przemijaniu i ciężkim zadaniu pogodzenia się z losem pasuje idealnie do ciężkich dźwięków zespołu. I jest to chyba najważniejszy utwór na płycie bo jej tytuł jak i grafika na okładce współgrają z przesłaniem "RoM".

"The Sea" kosztuje 24 złote (7 USD).

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