[review] PARHELION – Midnight Sun
Posted: August 18, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »
Oh, how I love cold and dark winter days (and nights, of course). Everything’s quiet and peaceful outside and static. It always brings my mind at ease. In summer, the world is always ‘awake’, while in winter, the world is always ‘asleep’. I prefer to sleep than to be awake. But, being asleep all the time would mean that I wouldn’t have time to listen to music and to do other interesting things. So winter is the perfect combination of both living and sleeping. Anyway, where were we? Oh yeah, Parhelion.
Midnight Sun is just one of those albums you would listen to on a winter evening, when you are all by yourself. Your only company is a good book and a cup of hot beverage. Staring outside, the snowflakes fall to the ground and it’s too cold to go outside. But you don’t want to go outside anyway, since you have everything you need. Most people, and the label itself, see this album as an audial presentation of the arctic climate and landscapes. I somehow never really heard of felt that in particular when I was listening to it, I always saw it as a more lonely and somewhat gloomy album. I love to listen to this album when I’m feeling down. It perfectly suits my mood then.
The sound of Parhelion is crystal clear and the entire album sounds awesome. The subtle use of guitars here and there and melodies just add that extra special bit to the overall sound of cold drones and atmospheres. Midnight Sun is a very special album and while still being dark ambient, it brings (for me, at least) something new to the table. Mainly because of the song Forgotten Outpost this release will always stand out for me. The post rock background is definitely there, but certainly not overwhelming.
Buy the album here: http://cycliclaw.com/
