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Blessedâs Tone Immaculate April 6, 2021 Blessed hail from Abbotsford, British Columbia, and the band s members are (left to right) guitarist Reuben Houweling, bassist Mitchell Trainor, drummer Jake Holmes, and guitarist/singer Drew Riekman. Photo by Jake Holmes Breaking out of the hardcore scene, Drew Riekman and Reuben Houweling find their Zen path to melody and dissonance on the band s new EP, iii. Are you exhausted with thoughtless, formulaic, retro-rock guitar drivel? You know the stuff. It sounds like the background music on any of the seemingly infinite home improvement or BBQ competition shows flooding TV these days. It sounds kinda like it was made by someone that listened to a few bars of a ZZ Top song and then recorded the first idea that came out. Yawn. Where are the contemporary rock artists using the guitar ....
Bandcamp / Buy Blessed are content to play the long game. With a sparse string of releases and a superhuman tour schedule, the post-punk quartet from the small city of Abbotsford, British Columbia have slowly crafted a wiry, melodic sound. The songs on their third eponymous EP unfold patiently, shunning traditional structures in favor of extended runtimes and unexpected textures. For this release, the band tapped Purity Ringâs Corin Roddick, Tortoiseâs John McEntire, and Holy Fuckâs Graham Walsh to mix one song apiece, making iii a sampling of supercharged variations on a theme. iii marks Blessedâs signing to Flemish Eye, a long-running label that has positioned itself as a hub for dark art-rock from Western Canada. The B.C. band slots in perfectly beside releases from Preoccupations, N0V3L, and underrated Saskatoon group the Avulsions (whose Josh Rohs played keyboards on Blessedâs sole full-length, ....
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