The return of the seminal post-rocker
Tim Furnish
(previously of
Cerebellum
and
Crain
),
Octopus off Broadway
is a complex melange of layered organic textures, subdued guitar tones, and light, relaxing rhythms. Although probably taking more cues from
prog rock
Krautrock
than from the cliched ranks of more modern post-rockers,
Parlour
never comes off as overly esoteric, with their rather stripped-down guitar-bass-synth-drums approach creating a wash of pensive and laid-back, yet entirely expressive, tones. Four years in the making, the time seems well spent, with rather cinematic tracks like
"Sleeper"
featuring playfully literate and aurally descriptive arrangements. In the end, while there is nothing truly groundbreaking emerging from the somnambulistic haze of these seven tracks, there is also little denying that the listening experience is an entirely enjoyable companion for the hour it visits. ~ Matt Fink