Windsor for the Derby
effectively mixes
ambience
and
post-rock
guitar-playing on
Calm Hades Float
, the group's first album. Most of the songs here begin with clean-toned guitar arpeggios -- think
Durutti Column
, or a less complex
Slint
-- and feature distant drums, buried vocals, and layers of guitar feedback. Like most
ambient
,
aims for atmosphere, not drama: The songs lumber slowly and include few structural changes, and the guitar parts are poker-faced and minimal.
Adam Wilitzie
mixes everything, but the guitar is low enough that the listener has to strain to hear the swelling background noise. Its presence is nonetheless important, though, because it makes
's music feel motionless. The group's guitar style is partially derived from
's brand of
math rock
, but the effect of
's music has more to do with the rich stasis of
Labradford
or
Stars of the Lid
. ~ Charlie Wilmoth