Shoegaze and Post-Rock Collide in Callas’ Lush, Lascivious Storm, ‘Doxa’

There’s no getting around the walls of noise Callas constructed in their latest single, Doxa, literally; the only way through is a full-on collision, resulting in submersion into what needs to be definitively coined as post-rock pornography. It’s all tempered by the dreamy, lush hues of reverb and choral effects that drift through the seduction-charged tempest of a track which may only bare a few teeth at first, but by the crescendo, shows exactly how visceral Callas have the capacity to be. The trio, drawn from the windswept edges of Cork and the creative sprawl of former Ealadha and Bantum projects, treat genre conventions like playthings, letting distortion and abstraction shoulder up to a darker, denser, defiantly ambitious sound. Dom Murphy’s vocals haunt the instrumental storm possessed by that pulse that makes shoegaze so dangerous when it’s handled by people who refuse to keep it on a leash. You’re left feeling the track linger, licking the wounds it leaves in its wake, but simultaneously, Alt-90s fans can probably throw out their Viagra; Doxa is pure seduction in stereo, proving there’s still plenty of mileage left in shoegazed post-rock when it’s delivered with this level of intent. Doxa is now available […] The post Shoegaze and Post-Rock Collide in Callas’ Lush, Lascivious Storm, ‘Doxa’ appeared first on A&R Factory.

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There’s no getting around the walls of noise Callas constructed in their latest single, Doxa, literally; the only way through is a full-on collision, resulting in submersion into what needs to be definitively coined as post-rock pornography. It’s all tempered by the dreamy, lush hues of reverb and choral effects that drift through the seduction-charged tempest of a track which may only bare a few teeth at first, but by the crescendo, shows exactly how visceral Callas have the capacity to be. The trio, drawn from the windswept edges of Cork and the creative sprawl of former Ealadha and Bantum projects, treat genre conventions like playthings, letting distortion and abstraction shoulder up to a darker, denser, defiantly ambitious sound. Dom Murphy’s vocals haunt the instrumental storm possessed by that pulse that makes shoegaze so dangerous when it’s handled by people who refuse to keep it on a leash. You’re left feeling the track linger, licking the wounds it leaves in its wake, but simultaneously, Alt-90s fans can probably throw out their Viagra; Doxa is pure seduction in stereo, proving there’s still plenty of mileage left in shoegazed post-rock when it’s delivered with this level of intent. Doxa is now available […]

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