Bam's Music Reviews

I'm Bam. I like possums, I like music! Let's get into it~ Above The Earth, Below The Sky is the debut album of post-rock band If These Trees Could Talk. Originally released independently in 2009, the album would see a few re-releases on vinyl a couple of years later, most notably through the label Metal Blade in the year 2015. The album is a purely instrumental piece, a style choice that the band has kept up consistently to this day. I happened to learn of this album through my husband showing a rather depressing video from the siege of Grozny in 1994, which featured a track from the album as background music. The combination of the video and the music left a lasting impact on me, and it ended up becoming my unconscious introduction to the post-rock genre, something that Mogwai would later bring to my attention front and center. Without further ado... I'm going to list my one main gripe with the album first, just to get it out of the way. I'm a pretty big fan of songs s...

  I'm Bam. I like possums, I like music! Let's get into it~ Millennium Mother is a 2018 album by the Japanese indie band Mili, known for tracks for anime like Goblin Slayer and video games like Library of Ruina. It's currently their latest full album that isn't associated with another piece of media and happens to be my first experience with the band. I sometimes feel rather unnerved jumping into works from personnel I've never experienced before, and writing a review based on such first impressions is nearing fright. However, I want to give myself a challenge, and this blog has to start out somehow, right? Without further ado... What immediately jumps at me about the album is something Mili is most well-known for - mixing classical elements with modern electro sounds, something which I utterly adore.  The beautiful, sharp strings mixed with modern indie rock tones give the album an amazing and unique sound, all of which is further elevated by the amazing tone of th...