Endless Forms from Oklahoma is a trio that decided to give us a riddle: "what does ambient chamber rock mean?" It seems that the name of the genre they use is a mixture of ambient's dense atmosphere and quite melodic music which locate them somewhere between Piano Magic's ghost pop and Espers' ether folk.
On their Facebook account, the band describe themselves in a very picturesque way that is worth reading on your own (from Kundera to other philosophical questions). The most important thing that stands out though is the fact that Endless Forms are mostly about finding a place in this world for their unique music and for their unique selves.
On this album pop-like melodies exist only to die in the sea of noise, airy female vocal and extremely deep male one (Cigarettes After Sex anyone?) dance together, catchy tracks suddenly end and nothing is what it seems. Sometimes the band is close to post-rock ("Thrown In Waltz") or folk (the beginning of "Take Me Home") but it mostly revolves around super-atmospheric dark dream pop (nightmare pop?). And at the same time it dazzles with beauty.
"If There Were Water" is available for 7 USD.
