Artist: Long Distance Calling
Title: Long Distance Calling
Genre: Instrumental Rock
Release Date: 18th February 2011
Label: Superball (EMI)
Album Review
Formed in 2006, LONG DIISTANCE CALLING have established a style that incorporates the aesthetics of Post rock, while at the same time maintaining an own fresh current with no resemblances to other bands whatsoever. Since their inception, the group has released three albums and a split EP with the band LEECH. The newest album being self-titled, rather than giving it a dedicated name was a deliberate choice and listening through the new record reveals it can only be the statement: This is who we are! Let’s dive headfirst ‘Into The Black Wide Open’, phasing in with distant electronics, getting closer and coupling with a slow rhythm that in conjunction with those elements evokes an ominous mood. The riffs kick in and open our view to grey skies in autumn. Speaking about riffs, they’re getting as much room as possible here in their various shades of sound and also the bass doesn’t get swept under the carpet, which is getting even more prominent on the following ‘The Figrin D'an Boogie’, opened by a rhythmical, voluminous section before one at a time the other instruments join in and create something like a swirl of sounds.
It all keeps rushing forwards until the break cools down everything, indulging in mild melodies and ethereal tones, just to show who’s the boss a while later. ‘Invisible Giants’ spews a light melancholy throughout its duration but the multi-faceted riffing won’t allow it to break through completely with its strength and density. The track features some slight tempo changes as well. Of all the songs I’ve heard this far on the album, I deem ‘Timebends’ as being the most intriguing one. It sounds like a classic rock song with a little blues tinge, meandering through little time signature deviations and intriguing melodies without giving rise to speculations how it would sound with a vocalist. The message behind ‘Arecibo (Long Distance Calling)’ is crystal clear and it says “Rock til you drop” ‘Middleville’ is the only vocal track, featuring the talents of John Bush, giving the unbridled power of the track a phonetic equivalent. The track to end the album is ‘Beyond The Void’ and for a little while it feels like there’s only cold with the icy soundscapes unfolding in its endless width. But more melody, more feelings keep surfacing and a rhythm joins sometime into it.
Overall it’s a track that stresses the atmospheric parts of the band’s music more than the rock aspects which are essential to the sound but not as predominant as they are on other tunes of this self-titled third album of LONG DISTANCE CALLING. Here it is up to the listener to write their own story with the given sonic details the album has to offer.
Tracklist
01. Into The Black Wide Open - 8:33
02. The Figrin D'an Boogie - 6:09
03. Invisible Giants - 7:11
04. Timebends - 8:12
05. Arecibo (Long Distance Calling) - 5:54
06. Middleville - 8:30
07. Beyond The Void - 11:41
Line-Up
David Jordan - Guitars
Florian Füntmann - Guitars
Jan Hoffmann - Bass
Janosch Rathmer - Drums
Reimut van Bonn - Electronics and Sounds
Website
www.longdistancecalling.de / www.facebook.com/longdistancecalling
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 8
Sound: 9
Extras: -
Total: 8.5 / 10
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