{"id":31054,"date":"2017-01-20T16:20:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T05:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=31054"},"modified":"2017-01-20T16:20:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T05:20:39","slug":"starset-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2017\/01\/starset-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"Starset \u2013 Vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I love finding \u2018new\u2019 bands, and I mean new to me, as this is Starset\u2019s second album and all I want to do is go back and find their first now, and I will. So let\u2019s get into an album I\u2019ve already listened through about five times and discuss why I think this one is so rad!<\/p>\n

\u2018The Order\u2019 is an intro before \u2018Satellite\u2019 hits and it\u2019s a perfect opener, musically it\u2019s big, bold, and has a great overall feel to it with a catchy chorus and really sets the tone for what\u2019s to come on \u2018Vessels\u2019. \u2018Frequency\u2019 has great mellow type verses with an underlying almost industrial style musical accompaniment and then it kicks in with the chorus and just when you think you\u2019re safe they growl the b\u2019jesus out of you in an outstanding unexpected musical block. This is a great arrangement and production on this track that\u2019s for sure. \u2018Die For You\u2019 continues on with the same feel and is a kick ass rocker with the most soothing outro ever, but where this album absolutely grabbed me and held me was with \u2018Ricochet\u2019 and I may be as bold to say that this is my song of the year so far, the verses set it up and the first chorus sang in the much quieter way was really clever as what that did was get me instantly interested and when it then turns into almost a power ballad-esque style song next chorus, well if you know me you\u2019d know how happy I was as that\u2019s my jam! So when a song is so well crafted and executed it\u2019s a pleasure to listen to, and on top of that you HAVE to watch the 360 video for this song, it\u2019s amazing (see below, watch on your phone). There are so many bands out there today that should listen to a song like this and use that as a benchmark, absolutely love it.<\/p>\n

\u2018Starlight\u2019 is another that stands out for me, lyrically genius and the drums throughout are very cleverly used, especially in almost a marching band style throughout. I\u2019m just enjoying this and sometimes albums take some time to understand but from first listen I was hooked and it just keeps going. Now we go \u2018Into The Unknown\u2019 with a crazy musical intro which is awesome, big guitars come crashing in and we\u2019re off\u2026 into the unknown\u2026 yeah I did it, I don\u2019t regret that at all. After the last two \u2018slower\u2019 songs this gets a bit heavier and balances out the album nicely. This band is all about arrangements, they\u2019re very clever and sometimes jump between styles and vibes but they fuckin\u2019 work. I\u2019m really impressed with how these songs are crafted. \u2018Gravity of You\u2019 goes BOOM in the chorus, not literal BOOM but musically it\u2019s like whoa, that was cool, that kind of BOOM! Again the much more subdued choruses are balanced with the boom, I really dig this one. Lyrically as per all songs prior and to come are really well written and thought out, as part of the story that Vessels is these songs are crafted perfectly. The outro of this one, a common thread throughout the album leads into \u2018Back To The Earth\u2019, a song that kicks in straight away, driving beats, big chorus and a continuation of all the above with what could almost be a symphonic musical section within, then \u2018Last To Fall\u2019 is another stand out for me on the album, even with its simplistic chorus repeating the title, damn it works, as it takes us in to \u2018Bringing It Down\u2019 followed by something \u2018Unbecoming\u2019 both of which this late into the album still stand up as what could be lead tracks, this band is just full of big crashing choruses and that\u2019s what I love in music, so it\u2019s hard to fault what Starset are doing on \u2018Vessels\u2019.<\/p>\n

Three to go and the first being \u2018Monster\u2019 which is the latest single taken from the album, gotta love a band that releases track thirteen as a single ha ha, you can hear why when it\u2019s on, catchy, loud and a great message to it, I love this album lyrically I really do. Dustin Bates, you sir are amazing! Ooh this one is a bit different, this is \u2018Telepathic\u2019 and as much as I\u2019ve loved what I\u2019ve heard in case you didn\u2019t figure that out, this one has a much more electronic vibe to it if that\u2019s a way I could describe it, but even though it\u2019s somewhat different it doesn\u2019t break the album up, but the one thing I have loved about this album the most is the musical outros on most of the tracks, very soothing, very calm, and transitionary, this one leading into the closing track and the almost eight minute \u2018Everglow\u2019 a beautiful way to close the album, a slow one, almost a warranted relief after the onslaught we just had prior, ha ha I say that and right as a I did another BOOM and I almost feel off my chair as it was unexpected, I\u2019m already sitting on the edge of it because my back is sore so thanks for the surprise heaviness, Starset! This song is epic though, it\u2019s almost like they said \u201chey, let\u2019s just throw it all in to end it, yeah, every instrument, all of it\u201d and they did, in no way is it messy though, but at its crescendo it drops right back down to an almost movie score style outro. Well played.<\/p>\n

For a band that isn\u2019t super huge it\u2019s easy to say for\u00a0 these amazing songs \u2018this is the best song (insert much more famous band name here) never wrote\u2019 because they can\u2019t have them and I don\u2019t want to compare them to anyone else, this is Starset and get ready to hear a lot more from these guys. Wow.<\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Columbus, OH, USA<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> 20 January 2017<\/p>\n

Record label:<\/strong> Razor & Tie.\/Cooking Vinyl Australia<\/p>\n

Produced by:<\/strong> Rob Graves<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.starsetonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Track Listing:<\/strong>
\nThe Order
\nSatellite
\nFrequency
\nDie For You
\nRicochet
\nStarlight
\nInto The Unknown
\nGravity Of You
\nBack To The Earth
\nLast To Fall
\nBringing It Down
\nUnbecoming
\nMonster
\nTelepathic
\nEverglow<\/p>\n

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