Style: Progressive metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: Words fail to describe how much I enjoy this album, a collection of songs that touch my soul and make me reflect on life
Thoughts: There's a moment on Body Within a Body where all the music stops... everything except a pipe organ and the vocals. Everything is fragile, everything is subdued... it's a particularly venerable moment not only for the song but for the album as a whole. It only lasts for a few moments before the band explodes back into existence but it is one of the many moments of the album that gives me pause.
The album is a behemoth. Being largely instrumental (only three vocal tracks), much of the emotions honed here come from the riffs and the atmosphere that the band produces... and boy are they good at it. They have absolutely mastered the concept of dynamics within the music. As with the previously mentioned section of Body Within a Body, the album is littered with moments where the band strips everything away and lets the smallest and faintest concepts take over the song. It's a rare thing to hear in music, and yet Latitudes have made it a core part of their sound.
Old Sunlight is an album I bought on impulse. It was about 10 bucks in a local shop and the cover looked cool. It was on a good label to boot, all enough for me to pick it up. Boy am I ever glad that I did, this thing speaks to me in ways that few other albums in my collection do. A real gem.
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