- Audio CD (Aug 19 2011)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Neurot Recordings
- ASIN: B0002XOZZG
- Other Editions: LP Record
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #53,077 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Dargai |
| 2. The Volunteer |
| 3. Worksong |
| 4. High & Low |
| 5. Reprieve |
| 6. Redlight |
| 7. New Lystra |
| 8. Fevers |
| 9. Alms |
| 10. Word Made Flesh |
Product Description
Album Description
Vinyl LP pressing of this 2004 album from the Portland-based instrumental Rock outfit, originally released by Neurosis' Neurot Recordings label.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful rustic music, Nov 22 2006
By Evan Williams "fezz" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Redlight (Audio CD)
I really could have typed any random descriptive words in the title for this review (which is really what I did) seeing as how Grails manage to make something that is almost beyond what words can truely convey. The closest I ever come to fully describing what they sound like is "really really good", not awesome, or great, or stupendous, but just plain, good. That's not even a bad thing though. Listening to this album just calms the listener, with its sparse melodies and morose harmonies (along with the acompanying rim-clicks, ride taps, violin and cello strums) entering the ears and becoming a part of you. Using any word other than "good" would seem wrong because the music itself is so very simple: no over-use of effects such as delay or phasers. No found-sound, movie dialogue clips, or voices of any kind. Nothing seems to be on here that the musicians couldn't have recorded live in the studio, playing at the same time. However its lack of complexity does not at all detract from its serene, calming effect. The notes haunt you, and become a part of the world surroundng you, as if you were in a movie and this were the soundtrack. Though calm most of the time, there are flashes of intensity that bring the listener even deeper into the organic soundscapes, with distorted guitars and rumbling drums, all cascading to great crescendos that leave you again with a feeling that something just happened, becasue the music is a part of you. Truely a great album in the world of modern instrumental endeavors. For a simpler description, imagine Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but with "normal" song lengths (3-6 minutes), less instruments, and slight folk/world influences. That would be Grails.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
See Above Review, Jun 10 2011
By Jason R. Heinen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Redlight (Audio CD)
I could not agree more with Evan's review. This album is beautiful, rustic, sparse, eerie, well-produced, not pretentious and does give a nod to folk/world influences. I also agree with the comparison to Godspeed! I took a chance on Redlight as it wasn't reviewed by allmusic or pitchfork, and I have enjoyed it a great deal. I would probably rate it closer to 4.5 stars, but I'll round up here.
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