DAWNWALKER
Ages [Bandcamp]
s wistful, windswept and epic as their name suggests, Dawnwalker have evolved hugely since their 2018 debut. Ages is an album designed for total immersion, as the London four-piece explore the outer reaches of progressive metal, post-rock and a strain of dark, lysergic folk. The production has a shoegaze-like warmth and density to it; the perfect way to present songs like sprawling opener , with its brutal metal detours and moments of woozy ambience. Everything is shrouded in reverb, but played with punch: especially the the fast, furious black metal sections in A. For mixes dreampop elegance and post-metal stomp, building to a hair-raising mid-song crescendo, before spiralling off into a feedback-laced chorale. In contrast, closer is a model of simplicity and timeless folk rock grace.
