If you’re an appreciator of dark, melancholic, and atmospheric guitar-driven music, then you may have already heard of SoftSun. If you’re unfamiliar, this duo, made up of guitarist Gary Acre and bassist/vocalist Pia Isaksen, is difficult to pin down to a genre, and in some ways, that works to their benefit. In their latest album, Eternal Sunrise, this fluidity allows them to explore elements of atmospheric post-rock, dark doom/sludge, and ambient trip-hop.
Kicking off with Sacred Heart, this track bears all with its melancholic, distorted guitars and heavily reverbed drums that are all washed over by Pia Isaksen’s ethereal and dreamy vocals. It’s almost Celtic in its execution, reminiscent of the legendary Dead Can Dance, though not quite as experimental. This vibe continues with A Hundred and Sixteen, an eight-minute baptism of aural proportions. Throughout the album, you can expect to be consistently awash with walls of sound, which, for the first two to three tracks, could almost put you in a trance. However, as the album continues, you may feel a little exhausted.
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