Cryptoscience and Hard Times

about this album

Released in October 2009. It was named co-record of the week for December 09, 2009 on Now Like Photographs. It was also voted the #13 release of 2009 by Now Like Photographs and their listeners. Here's what people say: Falcon Arrow might be your best intro to epic instrumental music, if unfamiliar. What two guys can produce with just a guitar and a drum set has really changed over the past ten years, and the advent of loop pedals has opened a whole new chest of drawers, revealing some startlingly beautiful things. A local duo, Falcon Arrow demonstrate precisely how well it can be done. Dav Kemp’s drumming is the beat to an odyssey through the landscape that his pal Matt Reints lays down with a bass. Think geology, watched in time-lapse movie speed: at times minimalistic, at other times triumphant and mammoth in its sound. Yeah, it’s stuff that intoxicates, transcends, and leaves you feeling reborn when it’s over. - Lunchofchampions.com Falcon Arrow returns with a grittier release that matches the sound of their live performance. -Now Like Photographs Cryptoscience and Hard Times takes off where Falcon Arrow's previous EP left off. Tight drumming, inventive guitar lines with heavy bass influence. This duo knows what they're doing and continually get better with each release. -Manual Dexterity Fall 2009 The music of Falcon Arrow is far removed from the style of post-rock that many of you are used to, yet it still possesses the same entrancing buildups and soothing come-

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