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Kerretta - Pirohia Album Review

04 Sep 2014 // A review by Joel C Blood
I am going to do away with the Isis and Mogwai comparisons. Let's focus on how fucking good this record is.

Dave Holmes, Avotor and Meterman have smashed post rock preconceptions with this 8 track monstrosity. They have raised the stakes, challenged themselves and written a godzilla of an album. In the most part the long phrases of delay driven chordal arrangements have been replaced by wondrously textured walls of rock guitars, and if you think I mean your standard root fifth power chordal shit, you are mistaken my friend. Holmes stacks notes with the finesse of an oil painter, giving the music even more depth than previously imagined. Drum master, Meterman, takes you on journey from skull fracturing doom to sweet sunsets of serenity, while Waters, aka 
Avotor, holds the ship steady with his relentlessly tight and precise low end.

Kerretta have put the rock back into post rock and this is killer. This transition, conscious or not, will instantly have them appealing to a wider spectrum of listener. There is so much going on in this record that it will take you half a dozen listens to comprehend everything that the guys have sculptured.

The record was mastered at Abbey Road and it tells. It's thick, juicy and pristine. Congrats Boys you have outdone yourselves with Pirohia.
 

About Kerretta

For those who have seen their blistering live show, Kerretta will no doubt be high on the "to see" gig agenda. Those yet to experience the propulsive, driving rock of this instrumental three-piece have a chance to see them push the envelope of tone and dynamics in an intense half hour set.

Their catchy, sometimes ambient and occasionally earsplittingly heavy brand of molten-core will appeal to fans of Sigur Ros and Bailterspace, but discerning listeners will know the trio peddle a uniquely atmospheric take on angular rock.

A performance in January 2009 at The Big Day Out helped them share stages with the like of Battles and Explosions In The Sky.

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Releases

Exiscens
Year: 2018
Type: Album
Pirohia
Year: 2014
Type: Album
Saansilo
Year: 2011
Type: Album
Vilayer
Year: 2009
Type: Album
Antient
Year: 2008
Type: Album

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