Boris - Soundtrack From The Movie Mabuta No Ura

As it stands, despite heavy competition from Oh No! Oh My!, Ghostface Killah and Jesu, my favorite record of this year is currently the Japanese eccentrics Boris' "Pink" (this going by it's international release). Prior to hearing said album I'd only heard their two songs in an hour sludge album "Absolutego" and didn't care for it at all. However after I was basically forced to listen to a friends import copy of "Pink" at the beginning of this year, my perception of the band has changed completely. "Pink" is a fantastic fusion of their sludgy roots with new elements of shoegaze, uplifting and epic post-rock and completely clear and shimmering vocals. Perhaps this phrase has been used to death but "Pink" really is a masterpiece and worth you all checking out.

With my recently found love for Boris I was inspired to take a look through their back catalogue and see if anything they'd produced previously was on a par with the new record. Whilst they do seemed to have hit their peak with "Pink", there are a fair few records in their past release section worth checking out. Most notably the album I'm letting you sample today. The soundtrack to the movie which Boris completely wrote and performed. I can't claim to have seen the movie so I have no idea how well their compositions worked for it but as a stand alone record, Boris have created what seems like their strongest effort at a primarily instrumental post-rock record. Whilst their are moments that really can't stand alone due to them being composed for a certain part of the movie, proceedings are weighed out when the band hit the moments of pure sprawling epic delight.

Boris - A Bao A Qu
Boris - It Touches

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Unexpected bonus:
Here's a track from my album of the year so far, "Pink"
Boris - Parting

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