Hour of the Shipwreck

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Prefixmag
Track Review: Hour of the Shipwreck “The Chandelier Suite”
An undeniable filmic quality, its soothing post-rock passages crashing heroically into jagged guitars, waves of discordant synths and - eat your heart out, James Horner. - a full freakin’ choir, deployed perfectly. But “cinematic” just doesn’t do “The Chandelier Suite” justice, because movie music rarely rocks this hard. If you wish Danny Elfman had larger balls, Hour of the Shipwreck is for you.



YTSE
One of the best 4AD albums not on the 4AD label… Hour of the Shipwreck pertain to their own formula of not only dark progressive rock, but also doom laden college/indie rock, in fact, the worlds of both collide here… musically organic, offering up a breath of fresh air in the world of sophisticated art-rock, not jumping on any bandwagon, for Hour of the Shipwreck are their own entity, being truly inventive with their own approach.



Cerebralmetalhead.com
Lengthy songs whose dynamics are sculpted like a film director shapes a scene -- we can almost hear the camera pan through the clouds… There's really no name for what the band's doing here… so meticulously assembled that it works as a musical set piece for lifelong fantasies.



Blogcritics
A masterpiece of epic proportions… genre-defying… 16th-century experimental-classical-Goth-art rock… an indescribably wonderful musical journey.



Prognaut
Ethereal-sounding vocals in league with Thom Yorke… If you enjoy dreamy orchestral based rock music, Hour Of The Shipwreck is a no-brainer and a must have album… I fell in love with this album.



http://www.musicemissions.com
Excellent musicianship, songwriting that sounds equally inspired by Danny Elfman or John Williams as it does Explosions in the Sky or even Radiohead in it's nature of epic despair and grand distraught… it has that universal appeal that many rock albums aim for but can never quite find. Seriously one of the best albums I've heard this year!



Subba-cultcha
Stirring soundscapes and soaring vocals form the best movie soundtrack never used onscreen… soaring vocals and layers of music forming a dreamy soundscape with enough depth and body to be almost tangible… vocals are obviously indebted to Jeff Buckley’s falsetto… EPIC really is the only way to describe this album!



The Tape Is Not Sticky
They play a mix of dreamy pirate rock and Danny Elfman inspired music… one of the greatest rock performances I have ever seen… If they don’t get famous off this album their is something wrong with the world.



Amplifier Magazine
A grand symphonic pop statement on their sweeping / cathartic seven-song cycle… quite capable of eliciting a wide array of emotions at the drop of a hat.



Mish Mash
Hour Of The Shipwreck is dark and misty… with a touch of Radiohead-meets-Pink Floyd… a full vocal choir moves the disc beyond a mere rock record into something special… the album is haunting and beautiful.



Instanalysis
From complicated arrangements to song setting to inspiration, they’re purposely not sticking to the straight and narrow… Shipwreck wrote for a choir, strings, and brass and merged them with the rock quintet, giving the album a production value above and beyond the aforementioned road.



Bill's Prog Blog
Not much like anything else I have in my collection, and that is one of the best things I can say about any band… emotional progressive rock at its most original. Vocals are theatrical, music and arrangements are dramatic and filled with twists and turns… tightly composed and performed tracks, all of which meld together to create an impressive listening experience.



SF Station
The quintessential soundtrack to any and every game of Dungeons & Dragons from this moment forward… Hour of the Shipwreck masterfully lay soundscapes that ride the edge of chaos, of crisis, and stability, while alternately affecting mood and feel… one of the most Yngwie Malmsteen-esque solos I have heard since, well, Yngwie Malmsteen.



MusicGlob
Very different/experimental/unique. the more you listen, the more you understand.



Evilsponge.com
Just go and buy the album. Please.just buy it, take it home, play it in a darkened room and lose yourself in the experience.



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WSUPPlattevilleWI
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