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Right from the very first moment of this album I was struck by the thick hypnotic sound wall that came rushing out of my speakers. I bet you that the Virginia based rock band Ostinato is like no other band you've ever heard before. Their music is undefinable and psychedelic but there is still something hauntingly familiar about it that makes your thoughts wander in the direction of Pink Floyd, Sigur Ros and Isis. Unfortunately the kind of post-progressive art rock that these American perform will never be complete without the multimedia show that accompanies the musicians while on tour. While rooted in more unconventional non-metal music, Ostinato still show many metallic tendencies which will certainly make them a band worth looking up for fans of the more experimental side of things. There are spoken distorted voices, weird and twisted arrangements, minimalistic experimentalism but also hints of Katatonia-like melancholy, hardcore vocals and doom metal riffage. Perhaps the latter is partly due to the fact that The Hidden Hand drummer David Hennessy is responsible for guitars and vocals in this band. There are times when even I am lost in the wealth of sounds that Ostinato present on this debut album of their's but "Left Too Far Behind" is nonetheless a fresh sounding release that offers a nice musical treat for everyone with a love for crazy and spaced-out rock.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Majestic |
| 2. Convolution |
| 3. Annotation |
| 4. The Stranger |
| 5. Hey You Up The Tower |
| 6. Let Me Start With The Weather |
| 7. Entwine / Six |
| 8. Jagganath |
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