ucid; Dreamscape; Remedy;. It’s an otherworldly meander through breathtaking ambience, meticulous melodies and at times, heaving drone. It’s an eclectic palette that never once becomes exhausting or emits a feeling of being over plotted.First song 'Clandestine' erupts from the speakers with earth shaking vibrations and haunting ambience and surges vehemently like a rush of blood to your head. The melodies on Lucid; Dreamscape; Remedy; are carefully cerebral and despite being totally instrumental, are utterly thought provoking. Similarly, all is emotively charged to awe-inspiring levels of intensity.
On this record, the swaying beats and synths meld wondrously with abrasive drone. The apparent dichotomy of the two is, with ease, dispelled and the riveting juxtaposition is completed with no glitches. All 11 tracks from start to finish prove this with ardour in abundance.
'Thread' weaves majestically through cascading notes as 'Auric' stirs soothingly for its near six minutes. It continues its trek through the majority of 'Black Tear' before detonating into some coarse riff passages.
The expansive final track, 'Blue Pierce' comes in swiftly but gently. All the way through it exudes an inescapable air of despondency. But in a strange sense is also vibrant and effervescent in its lush and fluid delivery even in its crushing moments, this clearly a result of the heavy layering of Shadowcast Sun’s sound.
Between storms of hypnotic distortion, angular melodies and peaceful and calming ambience Lucid; Dreamscape; Remedy; maintains an immense worth of musicality and artistry, with neither of the two being sacrificed of any detail for the benefit of the other.
8/10
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