While far from completing their journey, Kairon IRSE! have without a doubt reached their zenith in creating this particular phenomenon. Swarm retains these mystifying falsetto and space rock elements, and swivels its blinding spotlight onto a calamitous landslide of a raucous wall of sound so immersive and resonant that you could leap into it from a diving board stationed high above the clouds. The midway point of Ujubasajuba, while characteristically muddled in shoegaze enchantments, reveals a tonally darker side to the experience, a troubled phantasm releasing cries of help over the metalline production. And as that sun falls lazily behind the horizon, you are lowered into the nocturnal antechamber that holds Amsterdam, yet another genie waiting to be released from its lamp. She's a chaotic zephyr of a song, hosting an otherworldly voice that howls out absorbing multilingual scripts amid flares of blown-out instrumentation as big and as bright as the sun. Once finally adjusted to the almighty upheaval of clamorous Valorians, an altogether different spirit in the form of post-rock colossus Tzar Morei sweeps you up into her wide, freckled arms. Try as you might to navigate the bizarre waters, the squalls of thunderclap percussion and electric guitar tsunamis hold you at the mercy of the power of the great Finnish deities Kairson IRSE!. Upon pressing play, the music simply blasts off, hurling you out of your comfort zone in an escape pod through space into a perilous sea made out of thick strawberry syrup. There's no warning label on Ujubasajuba, no introductory melody or buildup that could prepare you for this album. (2014 - shoegaze, post-rock, space rock, progressive rock)
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