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Shy, Low
12+ albums
post-rockambientinstrumentalindiePost-Metal
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Shy, Low’s new EP Burning Day was a long time in the making, and although composed of only two songs, its creation spanned nearly two years. Shaun Reeves had just recently joined the band as the new bassist and after they returned from their summer tour in 2015, they began work on the song “Dialectics.” Shaun brought his unique taste in music to the writing, which is expressed in the heavier and grittier tone of the song. This synergized nicely with the other member’s diverse approaches to music, producing an eclectic outcome that speaks back to band’s traditional sound while expanding it in new and creative ways. “Dissension” came together in the spring of 2016. The change in tempo, tone, and mood set by “Dialectics” resonated with the band, and they continued experimenting with darker and heavier elements symptomatic of earlier songs like “Absence” and “Heavy Hands,” although with a much more mature and intense personality. The driving force and speed of the song, which reaches a fury of tremolo picking and blast-beat like drumming in its mid-section, is complemented by the intricacies of a bridge layered with competing time signatures, looped guitars, and rhythmic strumming. It is perhaps best described as a synthesis of the band’s earliest attempts at instrumentation with their evolved orientations toward music, producing a new outcome which charts the band in a fresh direction. Both tracks were written in a context of tumultuous destabilization, both within the band’s
