This jewel of a band has been sitting in the shoutbox for a while now, but nevertheless I'm inclined to write a few words about it, since they deserve it quite much.
Every 2049 years, Dovim becomes the only star visible from a specific point on Kalgash as a result of Kalgash Two eclipsing the said star. Sounds familiar? Yes, no? The written terms hail from the work of legendary professor and science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, namely a short story called "Nightfall". Personally, I'm not a hardcore fan of sf classics (though I admire Asimov and like "Nightfall"), but this band's work stunned me completely in several different ways. First of all, at specific times the tunes remind me of screamo back in the '90 (with a touch of incredible band called "The Fall of Boss Koala" from the 2000s) , "2049" drawing influences from bands of that period, so their sound really hits the spot. Great, nonstop pace shifting melodies, from aggressive to mellow and gentle, they ride you through different aspects of Nightfall they portray both through instruments and words. One song I have to pull out from the other three, as the one that struck me the most. "Preserve" accomplished something that only one other band managed and it's a bit hard to explain. "Isaiah" is the other band in question. If you focus on the song you can discern the vocal, which kind of speaks and sounds like doom or an inevitable dread approaching, quite depressive and hopeless. But the other half of music, the instruments, sound like there could be a glimmer of hope on the horizon. So you basically have an amalgam of negative, yet positive tunes. Don't know if this makes any sense to you people, but I guess I like to go deep into the music I listen to...
Speaking of vocals and words, after being hit with the thunderbolt called "2049", I instantly went to their myspace (found here, by the way) in hopes of finding lyrics and luckily, gold was struck. I guess it is safe to say that this is the first, as far as I'm aware of, thematic screamo band. They didn't just name themselves after a "Nightfall" fact, the lyrics literally ooze with the said short story with quotes and descriptions of various scenes. The lyrics really sealed my liking of this band, since they are quite magnificent. On top of it all, the song structure is excellent, the above mentioned shifting pace of melodies is perfectly tuned with the vocals, featuring amazing sort of cut scenes where the instruments are lowered down to a minimum making way for great picked quotes from the book to be told.
There isn't much info on the project itself, except that they are from Cleveland, Ohio and that they are a newly formed band. Young, but with some outstanding material behind them. Check them out and give them support, you won't regret! And of course, check out Isaac Asimov's work.
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