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Track Listings
| 1. French Gallease |
| 2. On Demeter |
| 3. Last Light |
| 4. Kentucky Nocturne |
| 5. Honeysuckle Suite: I. Sugar Maple/II. Elm/III. Sweetgum |
| 6. Artemisia |
| 7. Old Road 60 |
| 8. Evening Of Long Goodbyesn |
| 9. Cuts The Metal Cold |
| 10. Mysterious Disappearance Of Louis LePrince |
| 11. Forgiveness |
| 12. Hearts And Drums |
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Flowing in an ether not unlike the one surrounding Tortoise, the Rachel's count 10 members in their band, none of whom plays a plainly rocklike instrument--but all of whom know the force of well-executed musical drama. Their songs are built on Rachel Grimes's piano and Jason Noble's guitars (and both of their miscellaneous instruments) and expand with the addition of trumpet, cello, viola, and percussion. Noble hails from Rodan (and another Kentucky-bred band, Slint, even shows an impress on these complex musical proceedings) and brings some indie-rock cred to this bunch, but aside from that, the Rachel's are a rather plainly drawn group of musicians going for a postrock and post-chamber-music vibe. They do a fine job, making music that sounds anxious in its small-nugget mullings. Edward Grimes's drums make a nice spinal column for the band, which at times seems washed out in minor keys and a calculated approach to not varying the group's formula or its hybrid after-classical mix too much. Like Pullman's Turnstyles and Junkpiles--which brought together reps from Tortoise, Rex, and Come--this recording both stays its unflappably midtempo, richly drawn course and sounds like an homage to a particularly somber musical mood, one the Rachel's portray very well. --Andrew Bartlett
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Rachel's is often lumped in with the "post-rock" crowd for its lack of vocals or 4/4 rhythms, but that's misleading. This forward-looking instrumental ensemble makes music that fits in no easy category. The heart of the sound is Rachel Grimes's piano, which lies at the centre of most tracks on SELENOGRAPHY. The tunes combine a classical sense of arrangementand composition with an edginess that flirts with avant-rock. The closest comparison in the "rock" world, though, is tothe avant garde "chamber" prog of groups like Univers Zero and Art Zoyd.
Unlike the dark, discordant approach of those artists, the sound of Rachel's is full of quiet elegance,subtly unsettling but often graceful and undeniably pretty.Strings, acoustic guitar and keyboards weave their way around the melodies outlined by Grimes's piano, occasionally stark and angular, but always attractive and engrossing. It's this combination of experimentation and delicate melodic colour that makes SELENOGRAPHY so rewarding.
Flowing in an ether not unlike the one surrounding Tortoise, the Rachel's count 10 members in their band, none of whom plays a plainly rocklike instrument--but all of whom know the force of well-executed musical drama. Their songs are built on Rachel Grimes's piano and Jason Noble's guitars (and both of their miscellaneous instruments) and expand with the addition of trumpet, cello, viola, and percussion. Noble hails from Rodan (and another Kentucky-bred band, Slint, even shows an impress on these complex musical proceedings) and brings some indie-rock cred to this bunch, but aside from that, the Rachel's are a rather plainly drawn group of musicians going for a postrock and post-chamber-music vibe. They do a fine job, making music that sounds anxious in its small-nugget mullings. Edward Grimes's drums make a nice spinal column for the band, which at times seems washed out in minor keys and a calculated approach to not varying the group's formula or its hybrid after-classical mix too much. Like Pullman's Turnstyles and Junkpiles--which brought together reps from Tortoise, Rex, and Come--this recording both stays its unflappably midtempo, richly drawn course and sounds like an homage to a particularly somber musical mood, one the Rachel's portray very well. --Andrew Bartlett
CD Description
Rachel's is often lumped in with the "post-rock" crowd for its lack of vocals or 4/4 rhythms, but that's misleading. This forward-looking instrumental ensemble makes music that fits in no easy category. The heart of the sound is Rachel Grimes's piano, which lies at the centre of most tracks on SELENOGRAPHY. The tunes combine a classical sense of arrangementand composition with an edginess that flirts with avant-rock. The closest comparison in the "rock" world, though, is tothe avant garde "chamber" prog of groups like Univers Zero and Art Zoyd.
Unlike the dark, discordant approach of those artists, the sound of Rachel's is full of quiet elegance,subtly unsettling but often graceful and undeniably pretty.Strings, acoustic guitar and keyboards weave their way around the melodies outlined by Grimes's piano, occasionally stark and angular, but always attractive and engrossing. It's this combination of experimentation and delicate melodic colour that makes SELENOGRAPHY so rewarding.
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