Irepress - Samus

Artist: Irepress
Track: Samus
Album: Samus Octology (2007)

Irepress is a five-piece instrumental rock / metal band from Sharon, Massachusetts. Associated with the Boston music scene, Irepress have been together since high school, and remain a band to this day. Their unique and complex sound fuses elements of dance, metal, sludge, and electronica.

Currently, the band have released 2 full length albums in Samus Octology (2007) and Sol Eye Sea I (2009) and are working on writing new material for their 3rd official release. Connect with the band on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

Pray For Sound - Tympanoplasty

Artist: Pray For Sound
Track: Tympanoplasty
Album: Monophonic (2012)

Pray for Sound is a Massachusetts based solo post-rock project started in 2011 by Bruce Malley. After struggling to find musicians willing to take the project seriously, Bruce finally decided to go through with the undertaking alone under the name Pray for Sound. After about a year of meticulous writing, recording and rerecording, Pray for Sound's debut album, Monophonic, will finally be released in fall 2012.

Inspired by a struggle with hearing loss, Monophonic takes the listener on an emotional roller coaster. With mixing and mastering by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna, Pg.lost), the five track EP is dark, melodic and explosive, taking inspiration from bands like Hammock and Explosions in the Sky, to those outside of the post-rock genre such as Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree.

Monophonic will be available digitally via Bandcamp in a pay-what-you-want format. For those that are interested, a physical digipack version will also be available in very limited quantities for $8.


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Caves of Steel - Lisa Nowak Love Story

Artist: Caves of Steel
Track: Lisa Nowak Love Story
Album: Troposphere/Magnetosphere (2012)

Caves of Steel is an instrumental postrock quartet from Oslo, consisting of Magnus Farkvam, Gaute Johansen, Inge Jørgensen and Peter Andersen. The band cite influences such as Mogwai, Red Sparowes, Explosions In The Sky, Caspian and God Is An Astronaut.

Their latest EP entitled ‘Troposphere / Magnetosphere’ was released in January 2012 on Tinnitus Vertigo Records.You can stream it on MySpace, or buy it from Bandcamp. I'd buy it.

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