Release
date: May
03rd
2019.
Label: More
Fuzz Records.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Break
A Leg
– Tracklisting
1.Vena
Cava 09:47
2.Agger
04:17
3.Therapsida
09:10
4.Animal
05:11
5.Atomic
Valley 07:38
6.Rataxès
09:06
Members
Dimitri
Florent
Dylan
Review
Stone
From The Sky new album Break A Leg is a mixture of different sounds,
moods and environments with the band creating a complex style to
build their wild and vivid ideas upon. The album is purely
instrumental with Stone From The Sky playing almost every kind of
music that falls under the Doom/Stoner Rock spectrum. Break A Leg is
an angry and progressive album and Stone From The Sky never shy away
from that fact especially with the excellent opening song – Vena
Cava.
Vena
Cava is a mixture of Doom, Stoner Rock, Prog Rock and Psychedelic
Rock with twinges of Ambient Post-Rock vibes allowing the band to
create a more thrilling style of music. It can be quite challenging
to listen to at times but Stone From The Sky have enough tricks up
their sleeves to keep the most casual listener intrigued from start
to finish. The song has quite a sombre and reflective mood that
easily draws upon the angrier elements of Post-Rock/Metal that
Russian Circles and Pelican are known for.
Second
song – Agger – is a cool sounding Desert/Stoner Rock song that
reminds me of Yawning Man in certain places but with a more
progressive and heavier feel. The trippy sounds show a different side
to the band compared to the opening song. This is a good little
number for the band to show their more caring side and is one of the
shortest songs on the album running past the four minutes’ mark.
Third
song – Therapsida – sees the band create another fine offering
that drifts further into the realm of Psychedelic Stoner Rock with
the song being played at a slow leisurely pace. The band add
different genres and levels of music with each passing moment until
the soulful Post-Rock grooves give way to a more direct Stoner
Rock/Metal sound. The song has quite an upbeat groove from start to
finish. The excellent use of slow paced and fast paced riffs makes
this one of the standout tracks on the album.
Fourth
song – Animal – opens with a haunting Desert Rock/Post-Rock sound
that the band do well to maintain from start to finish. The song does
feel too forced at times. However, the heavier Post-Rock/Post-Metal
riffs saves the day and allows the band to end this song on an
exciting finish.
The
final two songs Atomic Valley and Rataxes carries on the wonderful
psychedelic grooves Stone From The Sky have played throughout the
entire album.
Atomic
Valley maybe my favourite song on the album. As it sees the band play
a hopeful and more progressive style of Desert Rock and Post Rock
that leaves you wanting more.
Rataxes
sees Stone From The Sky play the heaviest and angriest parts of the
album with this song. It’s quite depressing in places. It’s a
style I wish we heard more of on the album. As the band have quite a
talent for creating cinematic Post-Rock/Post-Metal sounds that have a
haunting and bleak edge to them.
Break
A Leg is an album that starts off very positively before transcending
into a dark musical odyssey and I never expected that at all from
this band or the album itself. Stone From The Sky have released an
excellent sounding album and I urge you all to listen to this album.
As you’ll be pleasantly surprised what Stone From The Sky have in
store for you.
Words
by Steve Howe
