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Helioscope

Vessels

Helioscope

Second album from the Leeds-based post-rock five-piece

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7.6

Label
Cuckundoo
UK Release date
14/03/2011
US Release date
12/04/2011
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  1. 9.0 |   BBC

    An immense, intense album
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  2. 9.0 |   DIY

    Helioscope has set the bar for 2011 post-rock. FAO all contenders: come and have a go if you think you're hard enough
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  3. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    An album of awe-inspiring scope, packed with jilting melodies, soaring waves of feedback-driven noise and vocals that possess an almost crystalline clarity
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  4. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    Three years ago Vessels might've felt that they'd arrived as their peers last embers were dying out; in 2011 they look set to be the ones that rekindle the flames
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  5. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Immersive and richly textured
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  6. 8.0 |   AU Review

    Possesses an undeniable dance edge, but one that places synths away from the centre of the music, focusing instead on the band’s unique mesh of influences.
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  7. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Another example of Vessels' growing ability to map out enormously ambitious journeys that go beyond the obvious touchstones and influences. In short: definitely worthy of your attention
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  8. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Vessels' way with arrangements and sonics produces something refreshingly out of the ordinary
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  9. 7.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    There's a restlessness to this endlessly inventive sophomore album that is rather atypical of most so-called 'post-rock'
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  10. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    Deserves at least one very enthusiastic thumb up
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

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