Description
From the opening monologues transition into first track proper The New Sun, its immediately transparent that UK progressive doom merchants Garganjua are cutting onto another plane entirely with their third album Toward The Sun. Musing on universal truths and the importance of grounding oneself in the present, the bands sound flits between polarities of crushing rhythms and cacophony whilst colouring in the dark with their trademark expansive melodicism. Through sonically exploring what it means to spiritually transcend, the albums thematically grandiose trilogy of tracks (Transcending, Transcendence & Ascend (Awakening)) will surely draw parallels to greats such as Pallbearer, Bossk and Elder in its abandonment of compositional and genre confines. Coupled with the feverish dynamism of cuts such as Mire and Light Bearer, its hard to argue against the four pieces own ascendency being anything short of breathtaking. Forging their own path through a slow and steady refinement of their sound and unfaltering belief in their artistic vision, Garganjuas latest offering feels as otherworldly and monolithic as it does rooted in its own humanity and hope.
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