From PandoraoceanbluIpecac, September 2002, their first for Mike Patton's label, produced with Matt Bayles, and a marked departure from the sludge of their earlier work: long stretches of clean guitar, ambient passages, melody used structurally rather than as ornament. Aaron Turner named Mogwai and Godflesh as readily as any metal band when asked about influences. It is a concept record circling obsession and drowning, though the sleeve leaves the story deliberately vague. Terrorizer made it their album of 2002 and Decibel later placed it fourth in its albums of the decade.
- How does Oceanic hit differently depending on whether you listen to it as background atmosphere versus giving it your full attention with headphones?No answers yet
- Does the instrumental track Maritime feel like a necessary breath in the album's flow, or does it interrupt the momentum for you?No answers yet
- Which track here would you use to convince a skeptical friend that heavy music can be genuinely beautiful?No answers yet
- The album leans on a loose concept about water and drowning, but the lyrics stay cryptic, so does that ambiguity add to the experience or leave you wanting more?No answers yet
- Where does From Sinking rank for you against the album's louder peaks like False Light and Weight?No answers yet
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