Review of Drowner’s Debut on ReadJunk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gracious thanks to Adam Coozer of ReadJunk for his amazing review of Drowner’s debut release for Saint Marie records. Describing our sound as “Shoegaze on a symphonic, grand scale,” he details:

“Drowner is aptly named. The album, but particularly the first four tracks, sounds like a song arc – first, a feeling of being swept into a maelstrom: powerful, ominous, swirling indie rock clashing with an echo chamber of shoegazing female vocals. Then the tracks flow into an afterlife of tension, release, introspection, and grace. The multilayered, reverbing vocals sound like a flock of angels commenting from above on a drowning victim’s last moments.

…The guitar chords are expansive, often minor key, and the rhythm is steady but understated like a fading pulse. But it’s the fuzzy, dreamy vocals that take the oceanic music and make it otherworldly. It’s like bathing in an eternity of cosmic radiation.”

You can read the full text of the review, as well as discover other great content on ReadJunk.com.

Drowner S/T is slated for release on 3/13/2012. But, you can get it early via pre-order on SMR’s website, or on Amazon.com.