The haunting, melodic beauty of opener “I sat and watched the snow fall” is a perfect entrance to this atmospheric and enigmatic Ep from Cardiff four piece “Stray Borders.”
Sounding like a singer-less Biffy Clyro, the instrumentalists deliver a record that although will never gain mainstream popularity due to it’s lack of lyrics, the band does not conform to the mainstream and the four songs contained on “Lost In Your Map, You Left Us Signs In Broken Lines And Waves Of Ink”, would provide the perfect soundtrack to a low-budget indie thriller which is what the “Lost In Your Map, You Left Us Signs In Broken Lines And Waves Of Ink” is, perfectly accompanying the story of a grieving outcast left to his own devices and thrust into what are some times psychotic breaks and deeply crushing meltdowns, perfectly exposed on the menacing “Stalker Music” an epic straight out of the mind of Travis Bickle.
Cleverly constructed songs that rise and fall like the tide of a brooding ocean of noise and fall into the calming sands of the verses then build up again as if caught in an epic storm, the predictable reality is that the only downfall of the band is their lack of a vocalist, the songs themselves feel incomplete without the traditional presence of lyrics, in a similar way to how "Russian Circles" fall by the wayside, but based solely on the music contained on “Lost In Your Map, You Left Us Signs In Broken Lines And Waves Of Ink”, I would have to say that it is a pretty faultless and melodic collection from this promising group of musicians who would almost certainly provide an equally mesmorising live show.
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Stray Borders - Lost In Your Map, You Left Us Signs In Broken Lines And Waves Of Ink
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