Release
date: June 28th
2019. Label: Magnetic
Eye Records.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Anxious
Ghost –
Tracklisting
1.Night
Flight
2.Somewhere
(Part 1)
3.Somewhere
(Part 2)
4.Hollow
Grasp 06:59
5.Doors
To Nowhere
Members
Dale
Crover - Drums
Trevor
Dunn - Bass
AAL
- Guitars, Vocals
EHA
- Guitars, Lead Vocals
Review
Lowflyinghawks
return with their new EP – Anxious Ghosts – and it’s another
round of bleak sounding passages that has elements of Drone, Doom,
Sludge and Psych Rock that the band have used on their previously two
acclaimed albums.
This
EP sees Lowflyinghawks offering a subdued sound compared to their
previous releases. Anxious Ghosts still has moments of full-on
heaviness which merges Drone, Doom and Sludge Metal to maximum
effect. Though the opening song - Night Flight – is a semi-acoustic
song with elements of Drone and Ambient based Post Rock grooves with
the vocals having an Alternative Rock/Indie Rock feel to them.
Lowflyinghawks
return to their normal style of music with the excellent two-part
song Somewhere Part I and Somewhere Part II.
Somewhere
Part I sees Lowflyinghawks playing a highly atmospheric blend of
Ambient Rock/Metal with haunting vocals appearing and disappearing in
quick succession. The Post-Rock/Post-Metal interludes slowly build
upto a heavier and unsettling style of music.
Somewhere
Part II is the first appearance of Lowflyinghawks trademark
Doom/Sludge Metal sound with a bleak and world weary vibe holding
everything together. The vocals are quite reflective in places with
the music being superbly heavy from the start. The Doom/Drone/Sludge
Metal grooves have a real presence to them and leave you wanting
more.
Hollow
Grasp and Doors To Nowhere – carries on the experimental and droned
out heavy sounds that Lowflyinghawks that can be classed as their
trademark sound. As the band are three records into their career and
you can tell without a doubt that this is Lowflyinghawks territory.
The music moves from heavy down-tuned sounds too fast-paced
Doom/Sludge Metal riffs that keeps the Post-Rock/Post-Metal grooves
moving along at a frantic pace.
As
with previous Lowflyinghawks releases, the band are helped on this EP
with contributions from their famous friends The Melvins alumni Dale
Crover and Trevor Dunn making appearance on Drums and Bass
respectively. Dale and Trevor bring their legendary talents to
Lowflyinghawks world and make everything sound quite dark and sombre
but also glorious on the more psychedelic sounding parts of the EP.
Anxious
Ghosts is a different sounding release compared to Lowflyinghawks
previous albums. However, it drives the message home that
Lowflyinghawks are one of the best kept secrets within the
Doom/Sludge Metal community and this EP proves that Lowflyinghawks
are more than happy to stay under the radar and release music on
their own terms.
Overall,
this EP is one that takes time to fully understand and admire. The EP
can be quite unforgiving in places but that what makes it so good.
Lowflyinghawks are a band with a unique voice within the scene and
they let their music do all the talking and offer no apologies for
creating a different style of Doom/Sludge Metal.
Excellent
and Highly Recommended.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Jadd
at Red Lead
PR for the promo. Anxious
Ghosts
will be available to buy on Cassette/CD/DD/Vinyl via MagneticEye Records
from June 28th
2019.
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