Porshyne EP 'Environmental Music' due 10 March 2017
EP release: 'Environmental Music' by Porshyne
Release date: 10 March 2017
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Porshyne are an atmospheric rock five-piece hailing from Brighton. Formed in 2014, early releases from the band such as 'Residue' and 'Warp' have helped to cement their name within the Brighton music scene, leading to them playing shows alongside the likes of Black Peaks, Valerian Swing, Town Portal and many more. Now, after having burrowed away to record their debut EP 'Environmental Music' with Mark Roberts (Black Peaks, Broker, The Physics House Band), Porshyne are set to return with their most heavy, emotive and accomplished material to date.
The contexture of the EP is a sound that sits somewhere between prog, alt-rock, electronic music and post rock. 'Environmental Music' is a masterfully dynamic and heavily textured collection of tracks combining melodic vocals with intricate and carefully refined guitar work, which alternates between cinematic and darker, heavier phrases that are intertwined amongst complex rhythms and subtle electronic moments.
Tracks from the EP such as ‘Exit’ show a understated ambient melancholy to the record, which at times calls to mind the sounds of Radiohead, meanwhile guitar sequences at times lean towards the darker end of the prog-rock spectrum conjure up the sounds of Tool, Dredg or Karnivool. Other tracks such as ‘Hubris’ have a more desert rock inflection with riffs akin to that of Queens of the Stone Age or Kyuss. Porshyne hold nothing back on 'Environmental Music' amalgamating a multifarious set of influences, styles and genres, concentrating their individual creative forces into one cohesive body of work.
'Environmental Music' is an intensely structured body of work, which is as meticulous as it is powerful. Records that manage to merge such a wide variety of styles and exhibit such a multitude of musical landscapes in such an unabridged manner are rare. This debut EP from Porshyne is a statement of intent and is not one that should be ignored.