Causa Sui is back with a new studio album. Euporie Tide (2013)
was a bit more crafted, composed compared to the new one. This has a more
organic feel some how. The first edition of this record came with a limited
edition 10” record (300 copies) with hand painted sleeves in black, red and
green. Dust Meridian starts off side A
with Jacob on the drums and then Jess comes in with the bass line and the band
starts to kick into it with some synth sounds by Rasmus and a guitar line by
Jonas joining slowly and at his own pace. The guitar riff gets harder and heavier after
Rasmus’s farfisa work and the dynamic changes and the wah guitar lashed out
here and there. A long organ solo follows before it all builds up one last time
and makes a mellow landing. The Source starts with a heavier “Philip from
Colourhaze” like bass line to get the piece going. This is one of the heavier
tracks the band has made in some years with a pretty monster riff and a cool
effect pedal change at the transitions that gives it this sort of Eastern feel.
This ones also fades out into space at
the end. Mondo Buzzo has these really nice intermixed melodies with the guitar
and keyboard at the start as the track slowly gains momentum. A great stoner
rock riff kicks in and Jonas makes a double tracked guitar solo that gives it
this psychedelic feeling. Like the other tracks, this one also ends in a very
laid back and spacey fashion with Rasmus playing some cool layered stuff at the
end. Dawn Passage starts with a strumming dreamy guitar line before the drums
and bass kicks in. This one really builds up in a cool way with a repetitive
guitar and bass line and then. Not a lot of lead guitar solos on the
record. Return to Sky is the 11 min
closer and it starts with a really nice floating keyboard and guitar melody
that repeats over and over for a while until the band takes a step in another
direction. A long section with a repeated synth line makes it really dreamy and
spacey as Jonas plays some wah delay guitar that very gently layers into the
music. The extra 10” if you were lucky to get one includes two 12mins pieces
that really are more heavy and jamming starting off with 16-02-16 which
features some longer guitar solos and Jonas is more at the center. Very cool
piece, maybe my favorite on this LP. Flip it over and it might be that the jam
that faded out just continues…… but side B starts with a heavy distorted bass
and then Jonas kicks in with a powerful riff as well. Layering on the fuzz…. This
one eventually drifts off into a similar space that the band was on the LP with
some nice layers from Rasmus on the synths. Love the sound that band has achieved
on this record with the drums and all the instruments. Great work guys…
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