Apse - Eras

Apse is an experimental post-rock band from around my hometown in cape cod, massachusetts. this fact is partly why I am intrigued by them; I spent a lot of time growing up in a tiny little yuppie town on the tourist-choked beaches of cape cod and it was the most soul-crushingly uninspired, bland place I've ever been. and yet somehow these guys manage to make weird, depressing, beautiful music that reminds you more of creepy voodoo rituals than the narrow streets of a quaint, quiet beach town.

on this EP, called Eras, there's a lot of complex percussion, liberal usage of reverb and distortion, and wailing vocals that alternate between unnerving and lovely. and you know how every post-rock band sounds exactly like explosions in the sky? yeah, well, not so much with these dudes. Apse's music isn't slow or boring, nor is it ever just noise for the sake of noise. they invoke the bizarre melancholy genius of radiohead, the delicacy of sigur rós, and the brutality of early nine inch nails. (yes, I know, that is a completely bizarre list.)

here's a video of my favorite song from Eras, which strangely enough sounds absolutely nothing like any of the other tracks so it really doesn't give you a good idea of what to expect, but it's a good song so I don't care.




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