Maudlin of the Well is a band dedicated to experimentation. Led by Toby Driver, the band is riding in his first album by a very avant-garde metal, expressed in their first two albums. The band disbanded in 2001 but returned this year with a record that was funded by the fans themselves, and therefore can be downloaded for free on their website. For many perhaps the name of Toby Driver not say anything, but this guy is known for being able to create the most outrageous sound experiments without reaching the extreme of pure ruidismo, perhaps many may know his other band, Kayo Dot, which is another one of those cult bands that must be taken into account. On this album, the metal has been neglected almost entirely for give way to a more spatial sound, dense and very jazzy and classical influence. The instrumentation can be described as a deep sleep to be turning into a nightmare. Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, Or, the Revisitation of the Blue Ghost: The album opens in a very relaxing with a bossa nova winds. The slow track of the disc is used for squid and noted at the front, the band has changed, as expected. The slow and almost whispered vocals with jazz rhythms gives us a very sensitive issue. Later on various instrumental parts are going to keep us in a seesaw of intensity as the only known post rock, but without becoming in that genre. Keep
Light Near You, Even When Dying: A nice start vibraphone and violin with us into a colorful item, blue in the beginning, with bursts of aggression, expressed mostly in the dissonant harmonies, of course. At the end is a voice processor in schizophrenics while air becomes tense rhythm and melody becomes more and more bleak.
Turning to Rose Quartz Glass: The start symphonic melodies opens the issue with referring to the previous topic a bit, then a piano line is planted as a base while the battery is dedicated to creating rolls. After the violin is just drawing different melodies, then they will accompany different noises, creating an eerie atmosphere. The last two minutes the subject is ordered and displays the voice, with a soothing tone accompanied by a stronger base, reaching to sound pretty 'radioheadiano'.
Garland Clover Island: The issue hits our senses directly with the noisy introduction, as if they were home runs. Then the issue gets a funk rhythm, the singing voice sounds distant and a megaphone. In half of the subject appears suddenly quiet, until you can hear birds. The melancholy envelops us and send us through places clear. In the end the issue is gaining strength and leads to a solid base to finally return to melancholy ending theme.
Laboratories of the Invisible World (the Cosmic Palmistric Rollerskating Postborder): Finally, the longest track on the disc. Begins with a jazz chord touched up, followed by a melodic part that is cut quickly through the distortion, that is when the voice becomes schizophrenic. Then the track takes this strength and brings a riff that reminds us at least for a moment to the previous albums, this does not last long as the party becomes tense as before, then you are adding different guitar arrangements that give theme color. There is also room for common rhythms and direct that highlight the band's rock. So are happening the weirdest ideas where the vanguard of the band is clear.
Tracklist 1. An Excerpt From 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before The First, Or, The Revisitation Of The Blue Ghost (1999-2009) (10:55)
2. Another Excerpt: Keep Light Near You, Even When Dying (1997-2009) (5:59)
3. Turning To Rose Quartz Glass (1997-2009) (7:30)
4. Garland Clover Island (2007-2009) (8:18)
5. Laboratories Of The Invisible World (the Cosmic Palmistric Rollerskating Postborder) (2005-2009) (11:50)
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