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#11 Longlake - Virginia V (2015)

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Aurélien : Sometimes we go through different bands on Bandcamp and, most of the time, we did not know when we will stop on a masterpiece. And yet, Bandcamp is flooded with amazing bands that are hidden in the dark and deserve to be known. Longlake, an american band, is definitely one of those, practicing a very soft and sober post rock that has been lost somewhere in the green grass that we can see on the cover. The most surprising is the capacity of the band to provide unique and sensitive atmospheres through very short songs (around three minutes). It's probably the first band to practice post rock without long tracks. "Virginia V" can't really be described because its mainly related to special emotions but yet, if I have to sum it up, I would say that we have here a perfect summary of the best Sigur Ros songs, a sort of best of the Icelandic with yet a true personality. The hard task will be to reproduce this tour de force on a full-length because we feel utterly sad when we hear the last notes of "Crescent Valley". Oh, and vocals will send you straight to heaven !

Marvin : Higly recommended for the stargazers and dreamers ! This band is very promising. I like everything on the record : the choirs are very thrilling, keyboards and guitars create both a pure and seraphic sound. The songs come one after another beautifully to finally reach the bliss with "Crescent Valley". The all record sounds like an ephemeral moment full of beauty, nature and freshness. Believe me that's better than ecstasy. Too bad that the EP is too short, that's the only weak side of it. This is the first time I heard about Longlake, and WOW! I need more! 

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Release date : January 2015

Genre : electro pop, dreampop, chillwave, lo-fi, shoegaze, post rock, r’n’b

Tracklist

01. Hovgaard 02. Hyak 03. Virginia V 04. Fragaria 05. Bandix 06. Crescent Valley

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