CECILIA::EYES

'The Brightest Explosion' begins with the recognizable dramatic intensity, its taking stratospheric. 'Parenthesis' reminding me of the experimental wanderings of THE GATHERING second version, indie-shoegaze era; voices in soft, cottony and quilted choirs. 'Twin Mountains' for a psychedelic climb with intoxicating drums, more ethereal at the end; prog concept where you can drown in different and similar titles. 'Russian Tales' on the same basis, a longer title that becomes hypnotic. 'Empty Rails' catchy, soporific, soft, Nicolas's voice suddenly sends me back to the hovering derivations of the great KAUAN. 'Missing Pieces' on a variation where the female voice can recall from afar the magnificent wanderings of Anna's voice, I am thinking here of the last HIPGNOSIS; the synths again on THE GATHERING atmospheric period, in short it flies high. 'Promises of Rain' immense for this phonic reverberation that makes you take off again; the plot remains pleasantly melancholy. 'In A Blue Cold Cloth' long crescendo and it's not the Geiger counter that will scare me away; Iliketrains and its post rock so particular to SIGUR ROS seem present. 'Frozen Sand' on another latent depressive air, just to then go up in the musical clarification with drum roll and the return to these typical guitars, oozing with notes from the beginning of the world. 'The Air Bride' for the final, tempo drums with finesse, spleen guitar accompanied by choirs embellishing this long descent into their beautiful, particular and romantic universe.

A group that plays on sensitivity, on the mental state in which you find yourself; ideal for meditating, relaxing, reading and putting this album back on repeat. A dark, cheerful album to give hope in these cursed times, a superb album in its musical niche featuring each note, each musical wave like a granite density with immeasurable spleen. CECILIA :: EYES done in the deep post.

Starting on frightening lugubrious noises, Flags quickly rises to its cruising speed, and the following tracks bring little more, the fourth One Million Whales being a rework of a track from their first album. Standing out sonically-speaking is the slower and less "noisy" 9-mins Song For Alda (drummer's new wife's name) and the 12-mins Peter Star, a drummer's fest.

Just another post rock album, but this time with an interesting twist in the booklet, (in the genre, the booklet is usually anything but seriously taken), but otherwise, even with the slight tracks' sonic differences, there is absolutely nothing new under the sun.

Most of the album, originally thought to be a demo only, but soon gaining a full-fledged album status is made from a straight-ahead no-frills post rock with the usual gloom and doom ambiances, except in the unusual Airscrew, where a young friend answering by the Lovera name comes tossing on both parts of the track, her voices sounding like a cross of Lauper and Bangles with some Tori Amos along the lines. The album's last track One Million Whale will be reworked in their nest album Mountain Tops.

If Post Rock is your thing, no doubt either of Cecilia::Eyes' albums will please you. If you're a more casual fan, you might see a lesser interest, but both remain a typical genre's average album.