Vopat
"Silhouettes" CDR
Inam
Records
Genre: post-rock, rock
July 2007 |
Mogwai and Floorian are kindred
spirits for DIY drone rocker Vopat, who has compiled this
release from two past EPs limited to 55 copies each. Despite the
homemade nature of the release and the prohibitively low edition size,
this release is very low on noise - instead we get very songlike,
epic post-rock that works really well. The best part of this disc are
the first few tracks, which blaze through in scorching glory
(especially emotional intro "Silhouette"); the rest of the
disc does tend to wander a bit. Highlights include the juicy, plodding
chords of "Contracting Lead" and explosive "Stanfa". It is in the
nature of records like this to become a tad repetitive (there is, in
fact, only so much you can do with quiet/loud dynamics and droning
guitars) but Vopat manages pretty well, even if they sound
quite a bit like Mogwai in the process. Grab this one if you
can get it, as I suspect there aren't many copies floating around.
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Fun Fact: Vopat is
also the last name of former NHL enforcer Roman Vopat.
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 10 tracks, distributed by
the label,
released 2006] |
