Blog: Captain Obvious

New Wax When I interviewed Chris Crisci of The Appleseed Cast here on CO awhile back, he hinted that the band was working on an album that contained very minimal vocals. Sagarmatha was released today, and he wasn't kidding. Over the years, the Kansas band has evolved from the off-key wails of early-90's emo to a band with post-rock leanings. Sagarmatha takes that evolution a step further with its thick ambient textures and almost outright exclusion of vocals, or at least discernable vocals. The [...]

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