Name: City Of Echoes
Brand: Pelican

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-THRILL-559IE

Colour

Blue

Colour details

Transparent Blue Vinyl

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Indie Exclusive

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-01-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

790377559118

Total Cap

Blue LP

Artist

Pelican

Genre US

Metal

Label US

Thrill Jockey

<p>Pelican is an instrumental metal/post rock band that was founded in 1999 in Chicago. With their unique blend of heavy riffs and atmospheric soundscapes, they have captivated audiences worldwide. Known for their dynamic performances and intricate compositions, Pelican has become a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. Their discography includes several critically acclaimed albums, showcasing their ability to push boundaries and create immersive musical experiences. Whether you're a fan of metal or post rock, Pelican's music is sure to leave a lasting impression.</p>

Pelican's instrumental heaviness was full-formed at birth in 2001 with a monstrous debut that Hydra Head bestowed upon the world. The brutalist forms of metal were long a grounding presence in the songs of Pelican; but in the years leading up to their iconic 2007 album City Of Echoes, the band shed some but certainly not all of the metal tropes that informed their first fruits. An ebullient temperament teases through the guitar work that laces through City Of Echoes from Trevor de Brauw and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec. Pelican's sharp mimesis of the Takoma ellipsis and the dangling participles of math-rock complication paralleled the likes of Explosions In The Sky and Rodan with a gifted knack for lachrymose celebration. Yet time and again, Pelican's reprises the violent crack of metal through the heavy riffage of downtuned post-hardcore chug and double-kick blastbeats, making any Pelican song an unpredictable journey. The albums opening cut "Bliss In Concrete" sets the stage with a series of interlocked riffs of crunched guitar and bass, with the stylistic transitions pronounced by the drums of complicated time signatures rapidly changing course only to double up on the snare and kick, only to glide into a pop-punk immediacy of the now. Similarly, the titular track skips to a doleful guitar jangle out of the early '90s indie-rock playbook, then taking a very Pelican left-turn with a mighty crescendo of galloping hardcore that never seems out of place. Assymetrical by design, City Of Echoes erupts through its kinetic compositions deliberately seeking a panoply of emotional content through melody, harmony, dissonance, and noise. No words necessary for these sermons of jubilation tempered with aggression and consternation.

City Of Echoes

Music US