Keep Your Eyes Ahead

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Author: HELIO SEQUENCE

Format: CD

Release Date: 29-01-2008

Details: Amazon.caFor just two guys, the Helio Sequence can generate a serious racket. With the effusive drumming of Benjamin Weikel (who also plays keyboards), and the nimble use of effects pedals from guitarist/vocalist Brandon Summers, their 2000 debut Com Plex leaned toward My Bloody Valentine-like daydreamy noisescapes. Their output since then has evolved, with a deepening commitment to pop melody and structure. Keep Your Eyes Ahead is the truest expression so far of that trait. Summers maintains a grainy quality to his singing, but he’s added sweetness and a lighter sense of tone. That shift toward lightness extends to the songwriting, which on Eyes is consistently catchy and focused. Can’t Say No uses a double-time cadence in the verse to make the song’s hook burst like the sun through a hurricanes eye. Not that theyve forgotten how to bring the shoegaze; Hallelujah, for one, flies off into space on a wave of epic, bliss-fuzz guitar. Still, the record is short and cries out for one last big scream. Instead, they end with the whisper of Broken Afternoon and the folksy, Dylan-esque No Regrets. Their increasing subtlety has cost them some grandeur, but their melodious gifts are more seductive than ever. –Matthew Cooke

UPC: 098787070927

EAN: 0098787070927

Model: 3867163

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood