Tag: when mountains speak
Whimstruck – When Mountains Speak ft. Shreyas Iyer (reviewed by Dave...
There has always been a groove and a beat echoing through When Mountains Speak that has leaned more toward Eastern climes than Western traditions. Even...
Silky Trident – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
You would think that by now, When Mountains Speak would have mined out the rich psychedelic seam that is their musical preference, that it...
Wanderlust – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Typically, when a band takes some time away from their sonic duties, it allows everyone to find non-music-related things to do, take a bit...
Old Fades To New – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave...
You would think that having already explored, examined, sought to understand and written about the title track of this latest album from When Mountains...
Old Fades to New – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave...
The great thing about When Mountains Speak is that it can take any shape the protagonists desire. Sometimes it is a band collaboration; at...
Rhythm of the Traveler – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave...
One of the great things about When Mountains Speak is that, like the music they make, the band's form and format have no precise...
The Hunt – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is safe to say that When Mountains Speak is a band happy to turn their hands to all musical forms. Conventional albums, singles...
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (abridged modern adaptation with soundtrack) –...
The music that When Mountains Speak makes has always sounded like the soundtrack to something. Their fluid approach to song structure, ability to let...
Hint of Normality – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
One of the many things I love about When Mountains Speak is the eclecticism and creative fluidity. Some music is a full-band effort, and...
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 291022
Another busy and eclectic week, another collection of great music by cool artists and a bit of an inside into the sort of grassroots...
Gateway of Love – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When Mountains Speak has a floating, semi-lucid quality to much of the music that emanates from its creative core, but Gateway of Love pushes...
Visions of Tibet – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Ahead of a month of downtime, and given their usual work rate, who can blame them, When Mountains Speak has released a five-track ep,...
Cascading Cosmos – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If the eclectic and un-second-guess-able (I'm sure that's a word) When Mountains Speak can wander between music driven by a heavy rhythmic groove on...
Time Left Ajar – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
You can accuse When Mountains Speak of many things. Perhaps being a bit "out there" for the more mainstream audience, maybe their songs develop...
Perspective of Purpose – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When I was a younger man and first finding my way through the rich musical landscape of the mid-eighties, I fell under the spell...
In The Beginning – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is only right, given the music that they make, that things move at a gentle pace behind the scenes at When Mountain's Speak....
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 280522
A great week for live and recorded music and with a few tours I'm working on about to happen there is more music going...
Premiere: Penguins and Marmalade – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave...
Up until now, for me at least, When Mountains Speak has been a mystical figure, the man behind the music, communicating with the outside...
Seasons of Awakening – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Season of Awakening neatly demonstrates that When Mountains Speak is both the "immovable object" and the "irresistible force" of the famous analogy. The former...
Synthesis of Style – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
As previous reviews will testify, When Mountains Speak doesn't so much make music in the conventional sense but something that might perhaps be better...
An Offering: An Electric Journey of Abstract Sonic Landscapes – When...
It is difficult to know whether When Mountains Speak makes short albums or long tracks, planned musical outings or slowly unravelling sonic journeys. What...
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 080122
Not masses of music being written about over the last week, for obvious reasons, so I have added a few more local artists and...
From Beyond Comes Within – When Mountains Speak (reviewed by Dave...
With a background ranging from jazz to progressive rock and embracing everything from guitars to the more rootsy Mandolin family of instruments, When Mountains...