Hereafter – Broken
Genre: Progressive Rock, Post Rock
Great artists, musicians especially, are often only appropriately remembered in the most critical moments of a person’s life. At all other times, many people will tell you about how musicians do the kind of work that society doesn’t have any real need for, that their work is not vital. This is why a lot of ordinary people, the kind that does honest, difficult labor, will tell you that art is really something that some people do to avoid taking on real responsibilities.
However, this is hardly true or fair. Whatever your occupation, or the path that your life has taken, it is very difficult to imagine spending a really important moment of your life without music accompanying it. Whether you are nursing a broken heart, getting married, or celebrating, you will require the appropriate sounds to highlight your feelings. Perhaps even more importantly, those that need to face some of life’s most significant challenges on a daily basis are forced to find the kind of sounds that represent these properly.
Hereafter’s Broken is music made for people that are forced to pay close attention to silence as a way of making sense of their own existence. This is an instrumental song, one that utilizes prog-rock motifs and that presents itself as the companion to someone wishing to engage in profound philosophical inquiries. It’s the kind of music that everyone needs at some point, a service that is important and unignorable.
Arrays – Glass Traps
Genre: Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Incubus, Deftones, Northlane
The very best alt-rockers are the ones confident enough not to want to rock out at any given opportunity. They are also the kind of people that are not above letting loose a memorable hard-rock riff when the situation warrants it. Simply put, the best alt-rockers are the kind of musicians that are willing and interested in being resourceful by using a wide variety of musical styles.
Being this ambitious is wonderful, no doubt. But, embracing such lofty ideals also involves excellent communication skills. In rock, as in all kinds of art forms, it’s not enough to explain to the audience what you are looking to do. You have to show it to them. They need to be surprised. And, they need to react to the music instantly and primally for it to be a success indeed.
Arrays’ Glass Traps takes that kind of chance, supplants power for gentleness, and is thoroughly successful. This might be the kind of band that wishes to play in front of a large audience of rockers. But they want to do it on their own terms. There’s a special kind of poetry to the vocals. The instrumentation leaves gaps that create a nice sense of dynamism. And, if you are looking for music to support your own soul searching, you may well find it here.
