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Eyes Like Brontide
Lights Out Asia
Eyes Like Brontide
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, Rock
 
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Once a band has developed a sound that is undeniably theirs it can be difficult to push beyond those confines and expand the sound into new territory. Lights Out Asia set out to do just that and ha...  more »

     
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All Artists: Lights Out Asia
Title: Eyes Like Brontide
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: N5md
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 7/19/2008
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, Rock
Style: Electronica
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 702224116122, 7022241160223

Synopsis

Album Description
Once a band has developed a sound that is undeniably theirs it can be difficult to push beyond those confines and expand the sound into new territory. Lights Out Asia set out to do just that and have succeeded in writing a record that was as much a sign of the times as it was an expansion of their aural bubble that has been their watermark. They have been called ethereal, post-shoegaze and sleep-rock, but on their third full length "Eyes Like Brontide" the band slides into a darker more ominous and less lucid dream than on previous efforts. The release is a stylistic shift from the sweet lullabies of their debut "Garmonia" (Sun Sea Sky) and the electronic drum driven post-shoegaze of 2007's "Tanks and Recognizers" (n5MD). The song dynamics on the album deserve special attention. For the first time in Lights Out Asia's history they have gone for broke with some of the most epic drum machine driven post-rock this side of the Pacific along with solemn disconnected passages of dream nourished sonics. The occasional floating vocal and dusty winding guitar they are known for are still present, but "Eyes Like Brontide" brings a whole new dimension to the Lights Out Asia ethos. Most importantly, the band has expanded upon its sound without throwing away the original blueprint or alienating it's fanbase. "Eyes Like Brontide" is recommended for fans of Hammock, Bitcrush, Robin Guthrie and Manual.

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Lush and evocative, even for electronic/rock label... Just g
Shayna Miller | Toronto, ON | 02/05/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"So I purchased this CD based on a recommendation from Amazon. I really had no clue if it would live up to the few seconds of clip I heard as the sample tracks, and it did much more then that! I was blown away by this trio; well done musical landscape. I spend (too) much time looking for ambient/new age/electronic music that inspires me, and I'm often let down a bit with only a few good tracks. Well I'm hooked on the entire CD, and Lights out Asia and can't wait to purchase their other CD's. My best description is an odd compromise between Chicane/Amethystium/David Sylvan (all which are nothing like each other!) That is how original they are to me.

Love this CD..."
Excellent!
Aaron Smith | 07/29/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is awesome! I was only going to buy MIR, but since the other two reviews rated it so well I decided to just get the whole thing. I'm VERY glad I did!!!"
Dark, intense, electronic shoegazing......
Quentin R. Self | Addison, TX USA | 01/29/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)

"I really enjoyed this album. It can really take you places. It's a great album to listen to alone in your own thoughts. If you like this, listen to Arms and Sleepers' Black Paris 86."