Alcest - Écailles de Lune

Alcest is a very unique band. Multi instrumentalist Niege created a great blend of shoegaze, post rock, and black metal on Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde three years ago, and has continued to blur the lines between these very different genres on Écailles de Lune. The production is much better this time around, so while I would still hesitate to call it "easy listening", it definitely has a more soothing sound to it. Unlike the first album, the vocals are not all cleanly sung and ethereal sounding on this album. If you listen to Niege's other project, Amesoeurs(I highly suggest you do), it becomes quickly apparent that he is perfectly capable of harsh metal vocals as well, which he incorporates into Alcest's music this time around.

This is without a doubt the standout track of the album, so if you want a taste of the album before you decide on downloading it or not, watch this.


http://www.mediafire.com/?zmyuy22fnjd

and fuck it, here is the self titled Amesoeurs album as well. It mixes black metal with elements of post punk quite nicely.

http://www.mediafire.com/?nwwcv3mnizc

and you know what? Here's Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde also. You deserve it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?mr2igyy0zqy