Constants, The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension

US, 2009.

Caspian meets Russian Circles meets Pelican. Constants is a post-hardcore/post-rock/shoegaze band based in Boston, MA, and this is their second full-length album.

Playlist:

1. Genetics Like Chess Pieces
2. Damien
3. Those Who Came Before Pt. I
4. Those Who Came Before Pt. II
5. The Nameless
6. The Timeless
7. Identify The Indiscernibles
8. Eternal Reoccurrence
9. Abraxas Pt. I
10. Abraxas Pt. II
11. Ascension
12. ...Passage

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Radius System, Escape / Restart

France, 2008.

"Torn between a desire for effectiveness and a need for experimentation, Radius System evolves towards a sound melting down hi-distorted rock, electronica, and the wide sonic spaces of post-hardcore. A vision of music made of colours and feelings, as much as energy, violence and distortion, nature and machines, hope and despair."

Playlist:

1. Release Chemicals
2. Bestsellers
3. Monochrome
4. Mental Guides
5. Impulsion Pt.1
6. Into Orbit
7. Impulsion Pt.2
8. Not Coming Back

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Buried Inside, Spoils of Failure

Canada, 2009

I haven't had time to dig into this yet, but based on their previous effort, Chronoclast, this should be promising.


Playlist:

01 - I
02 - II
03 - III
04 - IV
05 - V
06 - VI
07 - VII
08 - VIII

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Mahumodo, Waves (EP)

UK, 2007

This is Mahumodo's last EP. The band formed in '99 and split in 2003 when founding member Mehdi Safa left the UK to live in California and form *shels.

Playlist:

1 - April's
2 - WithMe
3 - *Waves
4 - *4*
5 - California
6 - HerParadise
7 - ByTheWaters

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