Saturday, 18 July 2009

Serena Joy - Ours Will Be A Lonely Battle (2007)

Genre: Post-Rock/Screamo
Website: Myspace
For Fans Of: Andtheywillriot!, Men As Trees, Mesa Verde

Ours Will Be A Lonely Battle is a breathtaking EP from the 'collective' Serena Joy. Yeah - they're not a band, they're a 'collective'. This EP is split up into four movements, moving through sound to sound, at points displaying obvious screamo roots (I'm talking 90s screamo here) and onto beautiful ambient post-rock sections, mixing up the raw screaming with harmonious female singing and choruses, with the record ending with a drawn-out spoken word section, intensifying as it goes along like a stream of consciousness. All the tracks intertwine and build up, floating along beautiful guitar lines and harmonies that schizophrenically explode into glorious climaxes, seriously, it's just so beautiful and epic, I love it. I really hope these guys release more stuff in the future, this lone EP simply isn't enough for me!

EP: SERENA JOY - OURS WILL BE A LONELY BATTLE

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