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Appleseed Cast - Peregrine
CATEGORY: Music Reviews
The Appleseed Cast
Peregrine
Miltia Group
The Appleseed Cast have undergone many changes in their style of music, that you just don’t know what to expect from their new album. Will it be “emo”? Will it be more of a droning post-rock sound? Will they still have great drums? Well, I don’t know what to tell you if you actually asked any of those questions, other than yes.
It’s a refreshing metamorphosis of earlier Cast works that is really quite catchy. When you hear the instrumental first track (is that becoming essential nowadays?) you’ll know what I’m talking about with the brooding post-rock. It sounds so big and full of noise that you won’t even realize, nor care for that matter, that it’s just the opening song. The second track comes back to the basis of previous Appleseed Cast recordings with its rock overtone and angst laden vocals, but “Here We Are (Family in the Hallways)”, really sold the album for me. Maybe it just came at the right time, but it made me do a double take at what I had been listening to. Usually music is nice in the background while you are doing other things, but for the rest of my first listen through, I had to stop everything and just listen.
This was strange because I’m not that big of an Appleseed Cast fan. I’ve never been to a show, never bought a t-shirt, I even cringe at the mention of their first album title (The End of the Ring Wars, how emo can it get?), but this album is worthy of appreciation. You can call it “atmospheric emo-core”, or you can just call it “rock”. Either way, Peregrine is an enjoyable listen.
Links
Appleseed Cast Myspace page
Posted on April 1, 2006 by andrew
I am originally from Oklahoma, but currently reside near Washington DC on the Northern Virginia side. My Heart is still in midwest, and I'll eventually return, but for now, I am making the best of my situation here. I enjoy music, and I pretend to play the guitar well, and if I get motivated enough I'll make something for the world to hear. I sometimes go to shows if i deam it worth it to subway into DC for an evening. Bands that would drag me within 2 states no matter what the conditions would be: the Starlight Mints, Sparklehorse, and Radiohead. I grew a beard over the summer, but was unable to connect a mustache, so I went amishstyle for awhile. Now I am just a lot of hair and poorly shaven. I sometimes refer to things as "okay in my book", which someday will be written down and printed onto paper.
I am originally from Oklahoma, but currently reside near Washington DC on the Northern Virginia side. My Heart is still in midwest, and I'll eventually return, but for now, I am making the best of my situation here. I enjoy music, and I pretend to play the guitar well, and if I get motivated enough I'll make something for the world to hear. I sometimes go to shows if i deam it worth it to subway into DC for an evening. Bands that would drag me within 2 states no matter what the conditions would be: the Starlight Mints, Sparklehorse, and Radiohead. I grew a beard over the summer, but was unable to connect a mustache, so I went amishstyle for awhile. Now I am just a lot of hair and poorly shaven. I sometimes refer to things as "okay in my book", which someday will be written down and printed onto paper.
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2 Responses to “Appleseed Cast - Peregrine”
I’m always weary about going for bands that might change their format. It means I might find myself buying an album that sucks, but thinking that by $20 is going to be well sent on some awesome music. But I guess I should grow out of this and look at it in a different light. Experimentation with sound and music is something that can open my eyes to different genres.
By the read of this review, it looks like this band would be and excellent listen. And it also seems they would do well in opening ones eyes to other music.
By wildeagle1376 on Apr 12, 2006