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Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 10/3/09 @ 6:39 PM - altpress.comHQ: Boston, MA
NOW PLAYING: Sol Eye Sea I (Translation Loss)
THE STORY SO FAR: This New England post-metal sextet (whose name's pronounced like "irrepressible") formed way back in 1998, but school schedules and production issues kept them from releasing a record until 2007's brutal Samus Octology. Two years later, Irepress return with Sol Eye Sea I, and they couldn't be happier to pick up the pace a little. "We were sitting on that first record for almost six years," says drummer Sheel Davé. "We were itching to get back in the studio and do something that felt new to us. I wouldn't say we were sick of the first record, but we were ready to move on and do something new." Unlike its predecessor, Sol Eye Sea I features vocals. "We're all big fans of vocal melodies," says Davé. "We never really intended to be an instrumental band."
WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW 'EM: Sol Eye Sea I is a soaring multi-part epic, but it's got as much groove as it does morose majesty--not surprising, considering that Davé backs '80s rapper Slick Rick on the road. "The whole instrumental scene is so overdone, and the whole Neurosis and Isis movement--none of us were influenced by that," he says. "I've only heard a few songs by those bands, and I know we're lumped in there. But it's a good thing, because every time we play a show with one of those sludgy, doomy bands, we're kind of set apart." -Phil Freeman
YOU LIKE? YOU'LL LIKE: Isis / Explosions In The Sky / The New Deal
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