Jesu - Silver

For those of you who don't read this page with anything that resembles regularity, Jesu's self titled debut LP was in my top ten records of last year and even as I discover records of 2005 that I was oblivious to when creating the list, that master class in warm guitar lead ambiance still maintains it's place.

So here we have Jesu's new EP and with it they've managed to give us a taste of what's in store on the next full-length as well as treating us to four tracks of warm, epic noise. As this blogs own writer, Kieran has said to me repeatedly, it's all in the production. I can't imagine Jesu working so well in studio work if it weren't for the masterful, crisp production that makes each track a labor of love and in that sense, Silver doesn't differ from the debut in the slightest. What has changed however is a new found sense of urgency. They're still happy to let tracks go on for over seven minutes but in each track we can now get a strong sense of drive that wasn't so present before. This is mainly created through the more obvious guitar elements as well as the songs having a faster tempo.

Silver is four tracks of semi-ambient majesty and so far the best soundscape inclusive record I've heard, this year.

Jesu - Silver

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