Alcest
Spiritual Instinct
Nuclear Blast (2019)
Spirituality is one of the more personal topics that an artist can speak about within their music and it’s something that is coloured by experiences and by life as it happens around them. Where many find comfort, some find fear and where some find fear, many find comfort. For Alcest’s Neige (Stéphane Paut), that comfort comes from childhood experiences that he wholly believes happened and that he had no real outlet for until the discovery of music in his teens. We spoke about these moments during an interview in 2016/2017 and the way in which Neige explained what he saw and what he felt gave hope that there is another world waiting for us, if we would only open ourselves to the possibility that this mortal earth is not all that there is. The fear of the unknown for many of us is something that can hold us back, however, with Alcest’s music there is a doorway to this place of wonder and Spiritual Instinct does much to unlock those secrets.Duality, too, has long been a part of the Alcest sound; ethereal vocals are heavily contrasted with preternatural screams, shimmering guitars are offset with rich and heavy drum work and … Read more
Foxhall Stacks
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Snappy Little Numbers Quality Audio Recordings (2019)
The best part of a super group is hearing talented musicians working in a comfortable space. A diligent review of … Read more
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William DuVall
One Alone
DVL (2019)
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