Low Level Owl, Vol. 1
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Low Level Owl: Volume I is the third full-length album release from Lawrence, Kansas-based band the Appleseed Cast
. The album was a departure from the heavy, distorted guitar-driven post-hardcore
of their debut, The End of the Ring Wars
and a progression from the layered, atmospheric, but still song-based follow-up Mare Vitalis
. Low Level Owl: Volume I saw the band craft a seamless, flowing suite of post-rock
influenced songs hinging on simple, repeated arpeggiated guitar riffs, swathes of keyboards and found sounds, with Chris Crisci's vocals buried in the mix.
Fusing the songs together were ambient passages and atmospheric instrumentals. The album was greeted mostly with very enthusiastic reviews, although some were put off by the intentionally repetitive nature of some of the tracks and by the connective ambient passages. The vinyl release was a 3-disc set also containing Low Level Owl: Volume II
The Appleseed Cast
The Appleseed Cast is an American emo/post-rock band based in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, composed of singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci , guitarist Aaron Pillar, bassist Nathan Whitman and drummer John Momberg...
. The album was a departure from the heavy, distorted guitar-driven post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
of their debut, The End of the Ring Wars
The End of the Ring Wars
The End of the Ring Wars is the first full-length album by Lawrence, Kansas-based emo group the Appleseed Cast, released on Deep Elm Records in 1998.-Track listing:#"Marigold & Patchwork" #"Antihero" #"On Sidewalks"...
and a progression from the layered, atmospheric, but still song-based follow-up Mare Vitalis
Mare Vitalis
Mare Vitalis is the second full-length album by Lawrence, Kansas-based emo group the Appleseed Cast, released on Deep Elm Records in 2000...
. Low Level Owl: Volume I saw the band craft a seamless, flowing suite of post-rock
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
influenced songs hinging on simple, repeated arpeggiated guitar riffs, swathes of keyboards and found sounds, with Chris Crisci's vocals buried in the mix.
Fusing the songs together were ambient passages and atmospheric instrumentals. The album was greeted mostly with very enthusiastic reviews, although some were put off by the intentionally repetitive nature of some of the tracks and by the connective ambient passages. The vinyl release was a 3-disc set also containing Low Level Owl: Volume II
Track listing
- "The Waking of Pertelotte" – 2:02
- "On Reflection" – 6:26
- "Blind Man's Arrow" – 3:38
- "Flowers Falling from Dying Hands" – 3:28
- "Messenger" – 0:46
- "Doors Lead to Questions" – 2:53
- "Steps and Numbers" – 5:54
- "Sentence" – 2:57
- "Bird of Paradise" – 2:24
- "Mile Marker" – 4:02
- "Convict" – 6:02
- "A Tree for Trials" – 1:28
- "Signal" – 3:11
- "View of a Burning City" – 7:52
External links
- Low Level Owl Volume I at Deep Elm RecordsDeep Elm RecordsDeep Elm Records is an independent record label putting out albums by bands such as The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars...