| Description | : SILBER RECORDS 026, 2003; HIMMELWÄRTS STREBENDER DREAM-POST-ROCK MIT ÄTHERISCHEN VOCALS UND CHÖREN, GITARRENDRONEWÄNDEN, GEZUPFTEN ECHO-GITARREN, STREICHERN... EIN ABSOLUT SCHÖNES, MELANCHOLISCHES, WARM SCHIMMERNDES ALBUM. ANKLÄNGE AN ULTRASOUND, RUHIGEN GODSPEED YBE... , ... PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY IS AARKTICA'S MOST INVOLVED WORK YET, APPROACHING THE BALANCE BETWEEN DRONE" AND "SONG." ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL TONE OF THE ALBUM IS CONSISTENT AND DREAMLIKE, THE CONTENT WITHIN IS AS VARIED AS DEROSA'S PERSONALITY, COMBINING GENTLE LULLABIES WITH JAGGED ATONALISM, STRING TRIOS WITH WHITE NOISE GUITARS, AND FEVERISH PERCUSSION OVERTOP SEDATE DRONES. UNLIKE THE SLEEPY PACE OF MUCH OF AARKTICA'S BACK CATALOG, PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY INDULGES IN SOME MOMENTS OF PURE UPBEAT INDIE ROCK, RESTING SEAMLESSLY AGAINST THE ALBUM'S AMBIENT BACKDROP. " [FROM THE PRESS RELEASE] |
