Showing posts with label *Children of Nova. Show all posts
Showing posts with label *Children of Nova. Show all posts

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Children of Nova - 2012 Impossible Landscape


Band : Children of Nova
Album : Impossible Landscape
Release Year : 2012
Genre : Progressive | Rock | Psychedelic | Experimental

Tracklist :
1. Erratic
2. Kaleido
3. Impossible Landscape
4. Moments of Clarity
5. Feel Alive
6. First Signs
7. What Do You See?
8. The Troubled Soul
9. This Graceful Tragedy
10. Silhouette
11. It's Just a Ride

Children of Nova hail from San Diego, California forming in the summer of 2007. Head over to their AP.net artist profile for an exclusive track titled "Moments Of Clarity", from their debut album Impossible Landscape due out this Spring. It was recorded at Interlace Audio Studio in Portland, Oregon with Stephan Hawkes. They stem from the sounds of Circa Survive with the raw energy of The Mars Volta. Nominated for two San Diego Music Awards and taking the best Hard Rock Band award in 2009 with The Complexity Of Light EP, 2012 is looking pretty bright for these guys. If you are looking for a sonic experience that will knock you off your feet, you found it.






Sunday, December 19, 2010

Children of Nova - 2009 The Complexity of Light EP



Band : Children of Nova
Album : The Complexity of Light EP
Release Year : 2009
Genre : Progressive / Experimental

Tracklist:
1. The Complexity Of Light
2. Arcaedion
3. The Fall Of Aphonia
4. Second Sight Blackout
5. The Order
6. We Collide

There isn’t a bad track in the bunch, but it’s hard to hear “The Fall of Aphonia” as anything but a rehash of the two previous songs. Likewise, “The Collide” is a servicable closer, and encompasses some of the album’s best individual moments, but at over seven minutes runs out of new territory to explore well before its finale, leaving the impression of a track that could have used a better editor. At the same time, these complaints are all forgivable of a relatively young band, and while The Complexity of Light doesn’t achieve every one of its ambitions, the sheer fact that such a young band was able to accomplish any of these ambitions is impressive enough. By itself, it’s probably not going to be the new Bible for indie/prog bands, but it proves that Children of Nova has enough potential to one day write that Bible for themselves.
Its parts may be borrowed from better bands, but Children of Nova assemble these parts into a very compelling release that hints at a bright future for the band.