Depending on the angle from which you\u2019re approaching the
new album by Chilean band Seatemples, \u201cTr\u00f3picos\u201d is a
modern shoegaze album, as much as it is a darkwave LP or a
post-punk record. You can clearly hear where the influences
are coming from, yet they are seamlessly patched into
something excitingly fresh. \u201cM.I.S\u201d and \u201cEcos\u201d start out with
the hazy guitars shoegaze lovers expect from the likes of
Slowdive, while the drum machine delivers stoic post-punk
beats. It then is the heavy bass in \u201cHolograms\u201d that creates an
immensely thick and heavy cloud of sound and one of the
album\u2019s highlights. Another standout track is \u201cNightfall\u201d, were
Seatemples know how to combine their seething gloom with
beautiful, at times almost heartbreaking moments. The chord
progression in the chorus, especially the final dissonance is
magnificently executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It becomes evident that Daniel Knowles (mixing) and Maurizio
Baggio (mastering) were chosen wisely and for a reason. The
latter must definitely have had fun working on the terrific
\u201cBeagle 185\u201d which implements an (early) Soft Moon feeling
into a dream pop context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The band says, \u201cTr\u00f3picos\u201d bears its name from the mapping of
different geographical latitudes within a variety of hypnotic
nuances and atmospheres with dreamlike cathartic lyrics in
Spanish and English. – It is an enigmatic crossover not many
artists in these genres are able to create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Personnel: Patricio Zentano (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, Depending on the angle from which you\u2019re approaching thenew album by Chilean band Seatemples, \u201cTr\u00f3picos\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[1125,455,1351],"class_list":["post-14209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-dark-wave","tag-post-punk","tag-seatemples"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14210,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions\/14210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
drums, samples), Priscila Ugalde (vocals, bass),
Harald Olivares (drums on \u201cDesierto\u201d and \u201cYule\u201d)
Mixed by Daniel Knowles (DIIV, Amusement Parks On Fire)
Mastered by Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher)
Label: Blackjack Illuminist Records (Berlin, Germany)
Information: https:\/\/blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/tr-picos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"