A Dead Forest Index: new EP
Sat 23 Oct 2010
Turning The Distance Into A Pattern
Adam and Sam Sherry have been sitting on these songs for about a year now, having recorded a full album’s worth of material at Auckland’s York Street studios in October 2009. Finally they’ve made the decision to release a new EP, using three tracks from the York St sessions and a live recording of their song ‘Turning’.
The four tracks carry on A Dead Forest Index’s dark, ethereal vision, combining heavy drum beats and layered vocal patterns to form haunting saturnine melodies. ‘Anchoring The Hands’, previously posted here on EMJ, begins as a chugging pop song before Adam Sherry’s voice is put into a spiralling loop, repeating two poetic phrases simultaneously. ‘Under A Winter Sun’ is a brilliant piece of vocal tapestry, with vocals layered on top of each other like building blocks creating a powerful church-like chant. New single ‘Distance’ is where the brothers combine, through a series of fiery metaphors. You can hear the determination in Adam’s voice as he becomes more impassioned as the song progresses, before fading out via a beautiful melodic hum.
A Dead Forest Index’s latest EP, Antique, can be purchased via Bandcamp for just $4.
A Dead Forest Index- Distance: MP3
Image by Leah Robertson
Posted by Nick Fulton under Australia, Melbourne
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