By Matt Penfound
Moving Mountains is a name as strong as the music created by the quartet from New York. This self titled album is no exception. We have seen other albums from this band, and with each new release their sound seems to take new shape. They have done away with the heavy vocals and have gone a more rock-ambient route rather than post-rock or post-hardcore. A bold move, and executed with perfection.
This album is as driving as it is soothing and as a listener you fall more in love with the album the further you listen to it. It is without a doubt ambient, the use of reverberated bells, horns, and airy vocals and harmonies help this, but it also possesses a spirit of experimentation through the digital drumbeats heard on the album. This is not to say the album is a stagnant trance in anyway, in fact it’s very far from. The album possesses some awesome guitar tones, rhythmic riffs, driving drumbeats, and anthemic choruses. Aside from this the album is fueled by acoustic guitars and piano.
Have you heard anything quite like this? Probably not. You may have heard a lot of stuff similar to it but you haven’t heard this. If I had to make an outrageous comparison I’d say it was if Ben Cooper (Radical Face) had to make an album utilizing a full band and was asked to throw in some upbeat songs. Although that doesn’t even pin it to a “t”.
I’ll stop the nonsense though, you’re either reading this cause you loved the album and are looking for someone to agree with you and talk about how incredible it is, or you haven’t listened to the album yet and decided to read about it instead. If you are the latter, I’d advise you just stop reading and buy the album. Let it take you on a journey and enjoy it. Kudos to Moving Mountains.
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