caroline’s all-embracing post-rock and folk sensibilities on ‘caroline 2’ make for a grand experience from the off. Opener ‘Total euphoria’ lives up to its name, an off-kilter post-rock track with Sigur Rós-style flourishes; ‘Song two’ continues the spiritual exorcism with a stunning string squall; ‘When I get home’ beguiles over its six-plus minute runtime through an almost meditative approach; and standout ‘Two riders down’, meanwhile, sits alongside Brighton newcomers The New Eves and the Broadside Hacks collective with its ever-intensifying avant garde take on folk.
AOTW : Have you ever realized several browser tabs are playing music at the same time? The first song on the new caroline album is like that, but in a good way. Imagine all those disparate outputs blaring until they blur into something thrillingly beautiful, like a group sing-along from a movie musical breaking out in the middle of an arthouse drama.
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