Sunday 17 March 2019

Lighteater - Autoscopy (Album Review)



Release date: February 01st 2019. Label: Self Released. Format: DD

Autoscopy – Tracklisting

1.Arbiter 06:03
2.Steam 05:33
3.Summoner 06:01
4.Autoscopy 06:14
5.Riven 08:01

Members

Dominic Bartolini - Guitar
Nate Derr - Guitar
Chris Kunitz - Bass
Ryan Luby - Drums

Review

Autoscopy is the new album from Post-Rock/Post-Metal collective Lighteater. This album is a more gloomy and progressive album compared to the other Post-Rock albums I’ve listened to recently. Lighteater are a band who create their own highly surreal and original sound. The album offers a bleak cinematic journey with strands of Ambient Doom allowing Lighteater to match the classic sound that Pelican first demonstrated back in 2003 on their landmark album – Australasia.

Lighteater have created 5 songs that have their own distinctive sound and identity. This allows the songs to sound very different to each other. As you’re treated to different styles of cinematic Post-Rock/Post-Metal but with a haunting Psychedelic and Ambient Rock edge holding everything together.

Autoscopy has the perfect balance of Post Rock and Post-Metal both vying for control of the listener’s mind and soul. This album is blissful, hopeful, peaceful whilst also being destructive, angry, and way out of control on songs such as Steam, Summoner and Riven.

If you’re a fan of Pelican and Russian Circles then you will be in your element here. However, Lighteater, personally speaking, is perhaps more daring and adventurous. With the cinematic themes speaking volumes on many different levels despite the short 32 minutes running time.

Autoscopy is perhaps one of the best Instrumental Post-Rock/Post-Metal albums I’ve heard so far this year and this will be the album I’ll be comparing other Post-Rock/Post-Metal albums to that are released in 2019.

You owe it to yourself to listen to this album and become a fan of this great band.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

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