My working Monday is rolling on: have a lot to write and publish today. The weather does not add to any desire of outdoor activities either.
Therefore, need to concentrate. Does anything like God Is an Astronaut actually exist, that is, meditative instrumental post-rock of quality, to get absorbed and to be calm all the time?
By a pure chance I come across these two bands, and they have been sounding in my study since early morning.
Distant Dream sounds like God Is an Astronaut’s clone, or twin-brother, or what could we call such a close similarity in their music styles? Their profound melodies and orchestration leave no room for nervousness, only pondering over the reality in the musical form. Or over the task being performed.
Oh Hiroshima is slightly different from the two aforementioned. They use vocal parts from time to time – and they are stormier. Neither of these features, however, distracts the listener: human voices appear only sporadically and sould like additional instruments with just quite a specific timbre.
Original titles (English): Oh Hiroshima “Simulacra”
Distant Dream “Resistance Is Futile”
First published in the Levinarium Telegram Channel (now closed and deleted)