THE FUTURE KINGS OF ENGLAND

This has been my biggest discovery so far in 2008. These guys blend Psychedelic, Krautrock and Post- Rock like none i've ever heard before. This is modern sounding instrumental music that creates atmospheric and psychedelic soundscapes.The Post-Rock flavour is by far the strongest in my opinion.The album cover is very cool as well, especially the back cover.

"At Long Last..." is the one minute intro. They actually took part of King Edward VIII's abdication speech which begins with "At long last I am able to say a few words of my own". As he speaks there is a pleasant acoustic guitar melody playing. "10:66" opens with eereie and haunting sounds as drums and guitar come in. Some spoken words after 2 1/2 minutes as the melody stops. It comes back and slowly builds to a heavy duty sound before 5 minutes.This is great ! The tempo picks up 6 minutes in although it's still pretty sludgey. The Post-Rock style guitars are peeling the paint at this point. "Humber Doucy Lane" opens with a sinister bass line that is slowly picked. You can hear kids playing. Mellotron floods the soundscape as drums and guitar tastefully play. It builds to a fantastic wall of sound. Mellotron stops before 4 minutes. Kids are back playing after 5 minutes to the end of the track. Mellotron comes in wave after wave 7 1/2 minutes in to the end of the song as well.

"Silent The Invisible Converts" opens with lots of aggression but settles down quickly to a gorgeous sound. It starts to build to a heavy sound. It's built ! Punishing sound. It starts to calm back down 6 minutes in, but it doesn't last long. Awesome ending. "October Moth" isn't as heavy as what we were just listening to but it's raw, powerful, beautiful and uplifting. Excellent tune. "Lilly Lockwood" opens with a guitar sound played slowly over and over. Mellotron comes in as bass, cymbals and guitar play in this pastoral section. Drums and a full sound 1 1/2 minutes in. It stops abruptly a minute later and a new melody arrives. You can hear voices as drums pound and spacey sounds howl. The guitar is playing as well. The sound gets a little dissonant. An uplifting, heavenly sound(including mellotron) arrives 6 1/2 minutes in to end it. Nice. "The March Of The Mad Clowns" opens with heavy drums that turn into a marching style rhythm. The guitar creates some psychedelic sounds. "Pigwhistle" is the longest song at 14 minutes. A nice heavy sound becomes quite intense 2 minutes in. It calms right down 2 1/2 minutes in until all we can hear is a bass line and people speaking in the background faintly. This is very atmospheric, dark and haunting as sounds rise and fall.It changes after 8 minutes as the guitar plays gently and drums and mellotron join in. It's building. Amazing sound 11 1/2 minutes in. "God Save The King" is the short conclusion. It's like they took part of the intro(first song) and processed it heavily making it very psychedelic much like these future kings.

They create dark and atmospheric soundscapes in that Post-Rock style with plenty of mellotron. This album continues to get better with each listen.This is like exploring a new land and finding new things everytime I go back.There are so many amazing passages on this record. I'm in awe.