White Fields and Open Devices, while having a number of fairly solid songs will be too easily over looked in favour of other bands in the genre.
White Fields and Open Devices, while having a number of fairly solid songs will be too easily over looked in favour of other bands in the genre.
Vessels – White Fields and Open Devices
Vessels’ White Fields and Open Devices crosses over chopping math rock with intense and heavy post rock. While the record evidently displays an impressive technical ability in the band – one which is strongly shown off in one of the highlights A Hundred Times in Every Direction – Vessels face the problem of playing a genre which is more than well catered for by a number of excellent bands.
In songs like An Idle Brain and the Devil’s Workshop they play quick and constantly changing choppy guitars with crisp drumming. The problem is it sounds just like Sleeping People, but with less memorable riffs. They at times crash this into sound-scraping post rock, but when doing this it sounds a little too like 65daysofstatic without adding their own sound.
They do have some really impressive moments on the record, such as the quieter Walking Through the Walls and Yuki. In both songs they introduce a drum machine and play over it with gentle melodic guitars and a clean piano creating a refreshing sound. And Two Words and a Gesture stands apart from the record as a really excellent and clever post rock anthem. But this is the only time they match their contemporaries. White Fields and Open Devices, while having a number of fairly solid songs will be too easily over looked in favour of other bands in the genre.