ID : 057
Year : 2012
Artist : Pulseve
Album : Magnet
Tracks : 04/04
T/L : 0:27:32 h/min/sec
01. Kissing Like Piranas ( self destruction disguised as love )
02. Night Skydiving ( desire to men is gravity to earth )
03. The Last Bullfight ( ultimatum por el matador )
04. Vulchaos ( chill magma before use )
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REVIEW by BRUTALISM
Despite being only four tracks, 'Magnet' is not an EP from Pulseve.
This Prog/ Alternative instrumental group gives a different spin on the
genre which may be well welcomed by listeners. They're not overly
ambient or flamboyant in trying to get technical, but rather walk the
middle road and as a result, each epic track on this album is rather
enjoying to listen. Nothing is too hard or too slow, but rather laid
back and just a breath of fresh air. "Kissing Like Piranas" is dark,
charging, and bass driven with the drums behind it while the only real
proggy part being the keyboards; without them one would think they were
enjoying Drone or Atmospheric Doom Metal with psychedlic elements. Other
tracks like "Night Skydiving" are more rock oriented with jazzy
touches. The heaviest track on the album is "Vulchaos," but it isn't
like Death or Black Metal heavy or even Dream Theater heavy. The
instruments are turned up a bit louder and it sounds like some electric
guitar has been introduced to give a sharper sound, but it doesn't break
from the overall atmosphere that makes this listen sound like a lay on
one of the best beaches in the world, with no vocals to ruin it.
Like any 'epic instrumental' album the song lengths average out to
about eight minutes a track. Still barely adding up to forty minutes, it
makes the album a bearable length rather than an hour between such a
limited space of options. However, Pulseve keeps continuity with their
tracks, offering slight variations between each one so there is a reason
to listen through the whole album rather than skip around and feel like
they heard one giant track as opposed to four different ones. As
limited as it may sound instrumentally, the music wielded by the artists
break these limitations in a way very similar to how Evan Brewer broke
the limits on what a bass soloist could release. This is not really
going to stand out on a technical or 'heaviness' level- it probably
won't inspire any head banging. Instead, consider it an alternative to
just mellow out to while doing some reading on a rainy day; sometimes a
peaceful listen is one of the more purifying ones 