A while ago, in a review of Marriages’ latest album, I said that Salome is my AOTY and that claim still stands. After hearing final remnants of my “Should Check Out” list for last year, no album from 2015 can match Salome.
Recently I got my hands on Marriages ‘debut, titled Kitsune. It’s an EP consisting of six songs, lasting a bit less than 26 minutes. After spinning it a couple of times, you’ll realize that Kitsune is something of a prototype of the sound that will be incorporated in Salome. While still having those dreamy arrangements, songs featured on Kitsune are leaning more towards post-rock and stoner music. There are traces of alternative here, but most of the songs can be described as atmospheric post rock/metal compositions.
Ten Tiny Fingers is an atmospheric dreamy ride through hazy fields placed between dreams and reality, White Shape can be described as proper stoner crush fest, and Ride In My Place is a missing link between the bands’ new, more alternative sound and older post-rock soundscapes featured on most of the compositions found in debut record.
Emma’s hypnotic voice is again beautifully interwoven with the music, building a bond between her voice and instruments that can make you feel like being inside some live painting that’s constantly changing colors and forms, but retaining its original meaning in every iteration. The music feels alive, with songs seamlessly flowing one into another, the end of it coming way too soon.
Kitsune is an album perfect for every post-rock fan; it contains marvelously crafted aural journeys that can compete with bands like God Is An Astronaut, Mogwai, or Explosions in the Sky. But every person who enjoys dreamy music that can go into restless waters of guitar riffs from time to time can find beauty in this piece of contemporary music art.
