Things That Are Awesome

Mothlite - Dark Age

This album passed me by when it was originally released and to be honest I can’t remember at this point how I discovered it. Most likely, Mothlite came to my attention through their association with Ulver, whom Daniel O’Sullivan (the multi-instrumentalist behind Mothlite) is a member of. Other than Ulver I have a difficult time thinking of a way to describe or compare Mothlite to anything that I’ve crammed into my ear holes. However, instead of me trying to describe it, you should just listen (and watch, if you’d like):

And So I Watch You From Afar - All Hail Bright Futures

And So I Watch You From Afar is a (mostly) instrumental band from Belfast. The music is difficult to describe, but it is interesting enough that the absence of vocals doesn’t drag the album down at all. Unfortunately I haven’t yet been lucky in finding great quality videos for the new album, but the posted video should give a pretty strong indication of the bands general sound. I suppose the word upbeat could be bandied about while describing the music, but I’d suggest hearing it for yourself. The entire new album is streaming at bandcamp:All Hail Bright Futures

Opthimus Rum from Dominican Republic

I find myself extremely disappointed to say this rum is not available in Canada (or at least not Alberta). I bought some Opthimus while returning from the Dominican Republic and was glad that I did. It is nice and sweet and also incredibly smooth. I only have a little left and I dread the day that I run out. This is the sort of thing that only a fool would water down with soda to drink. I had difficulty finding until my way out and spotted it in the duty-free shop.

The Omega Experiment

This band has quite a bit of Devin Townsend’s influence on it, but I wouldn’t go as far as to say they are clones. There are too few metal bands that have melodic vocals throughout as opposed to only in the chorus or bridge. These songs have plenty of hooks and are fun to listen to , even if they happen to be a little derivative. The production is pretty tight as well, I really enjoy the sound of the album.