Moving Mountains - Foreword EP

I've talked about Moving Mountains (affectionately known as MovMou) before on this blog - you can find my post about their debut LP Pneuma here. in case I didn't make it clear enough already, I fucking love this band and they are only getting better. the word around the internet is that they're currently recording their new album, so I recommend you begin preparing yourselves for that greatness immediately.

anyway, the Foreword EP is their most recent release, put out sometime last year (I was so busy loving on Pneuma that it took me quite a while to get around to listening to this EP). the 4 songs on here are strong overall, showing an admirable maturation of their bombastic, beautiful sound. the vocals are different - clearer, stronger and even more emotive. the songs have recognizable structure and purpose while still allowing MovMou to delve into their post-rock sound with even more boldness than before.

it's clear the band tried to challenge and change themselves with this material. the only place they faltered is with the pretty but unremarkable "Armslength," but the boys more than make up for it with every other song on the EP. their passion and creativity shines brightly here, and it makes me even more impatient to hear what's coming next.



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Moving Mountains

here's another post about a band I recently fell in love with before their album's first song was even over: Moving Mountains.

Moving Mountains is a bunch of young gentlemen from New York. they make dense, atmospheric math/post-rock with a remarkably passionate singer. their songs are tight and polished at times, while still making unexpected, beautiful twists and taking their time to develop. they remind me of Cursive, The Appleseed Cast, and The American Dollar, with a touch of old-school emo.

if you're wondering how I found these guys (which I'm sure you're not), I was reading an online magazine that had an interview with them, and these dudes really like the Velvet Teen. like, they mentioned them two separate times in one interview. I figured anyone who likes the Velvet Teen has to be pretty awesome. and I was fucking right. suck it, haters.

anyway, the opening song of the record is a mere 2 and a half minutes long, full of melancholy piano and softly sweeping guitars, until halfway through it suddenly blossoms into lush noise and screams, and it is seriously utterly perfect. proof:




Moving Mountains - Pneuma [2007]

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