I first heard of Russian Circles a few years back when Tool gave them the nod to support them at Brixton on the latter half of their 10,000 tour Days which is a pretty big stamp of approval if ever I've seen one but for a while after that things seemed to go quiet on the Russian Circles front.
That is until October the 20th which will see the release of their third album 'Geneva' which could easily be their best album yet. The instrumental Chicago based Post Rock aficionado's have a sound of two halves, one half is sheer metal brutality complete with hoards of finger tapping and big beefy riffs and the other is calming and ambient, the sort of music that you could close your eyes and just let wash over you.
What amazes me about a band with such a heavy, textured sound is that they are only a three piece. For a sound that has so many layers of well produced guitar riffs, mental drums, sludgy bass lines and all sorts of ambient noises Russian Circles could easily be mistaken for being a five piece and with production coming from the overly talented Brandon Curtis (guitarist for School Of Seven Bells) and engineered by Greg Norman (Electrical Audio) that is no surprise. Russian Circles combine the ambiance of 'This Will Destroy You' with the less sludgy side of 'Pelican,' in fact every track on Geneva offers something quite different, from the dirgy basslines of title track Geneva to the epic ten minute outtro 'Philos' this is an album that gets better with every listen.
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