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- Summary: The post-rock band from Leeds, England, releases its second album produced by John Congleton.
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- Record Label: Cuckundoo
- Genre(s): Post-Rock
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Apr 11, 2011It's a harrowing but beautiful end to an immense, intense album.
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Apr 11, 2011Helioscope is another example of Vessels' growing ability to map out enormously ambitious journeys that go beyond the obvious touchstones and influences. In short: definitely worthy of your attention.
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Apr 11, 2011Even when Helioscope offers a more traditionally post-rock track, such as "The Trap", Vessels' way with arrangements and sonics produces something refreshingly out of the ordinary.
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Apr 11, 2011Taken as a whole, Helioscope represents another intriguing release from a band who remain a hugely promising proposition.
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Apr 11, 2011Given the impact of All Our Ends, that may be intentional - but it means the album is best experienced as a whole rather than in snippets. Then it can fully reveal its power.
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UncutApr 12, 2011Not radically reinventive, then, but Vessels deserve to keep their foothold on the post-rock face. [Apr 2011, p.100]
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Q MagazineMay 18, 2011At the end of Monoform, the first track on Leeds five-piece Vessels' second, album, you can pretty much hear the sound of impending collapse, as if the band has begun to implode in the mix.It's at once terrifying and exhilarating. [May 2011, p.127]
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