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“Old World Vulture’s debut is an immense success.”
— Exclaim!
“Dense drones, uplifting synth melodies, booming bass runs, overwhelming beats and contemplative guitar lines… [Old World Vulture] take what bands such as Mogwai and Do Make Say Think do and add layers of their own creativity to it — and it translates powerfully live.”
“Hits with an immediacy not often heard in the [instrumental post-rock] genre.”
— NOW
“All I can say is download the songs and check out Old World Vulture’s album; you’ll be very glad you did.”
“[Old World Vulture] offers a more extroverted take on instrumental post-rock and see no reason why sweeping cinematic soundscapes can’t live in harmony with squelching synths and heavy-ass guitar riffing.”
“Heavy-yet-melodic instrumental tunes that nicely straddle the line between catchy and hard-hitting.”
— NxEW
“Underscored by the ebb-and-flow dynamic, Old World Vulture delivers a cascade of guitar overdrive, swirling keyboards, and hypnotic rhythmic patterns, building-upon blissed-out soundscapes erupting into a seismic noise-blasted epiphany that skirts the edges of shoegazing.”
“The band has a way with soaring melody lines that will stand it in good stead when soundtrack producers come calling.”
“From the ambient lead-in of ‘Destroyer’ to the ethereal majesty of ‘Too Much Eye Makeup’, not a single note on the record sounds out of place.”
“OWV definitely brings something new to the mix: attitude.”
“There’s no carbo-loading here. Instead, these noisemakers blend prominent, dream-like synth – perhaps their calling card – with droning guitars, thunder-crashing cymbals and a dash of electronic glitchery for good measure.”
— Sharp
“Old World Vulture are making post-rock exciting again. Their music melds so many different styles together, and it all fits so well it’s almost criminal.”
“The curiously titled ‘Too Much Eye Makeup’ is perhaps both the best and the most typical of the band’s sound, with the bass providing the melodic framework while the keyboards and guitars both take their turn in the spot light before combining into a powerful finale that still manages to avoid the end-of-album-wig-out cliché.”
— Music Musings and Miscellany
“Powerful.”
“The time signature changes within each song are exciting and their contrasting of sounds set their style apart from comparisons in the post-rock instrumental genre; those comparisons simply do the band an injustice.”
“They are able to make your skin crawl and make you take a deep cleansing breath all within the space of a single song.”
— !earshot
“Not only is Old World Vulture an assured release, it showcases a band not afraid to play with their boundaries, and to do it in concise cuts. I haven’t been able to get these tracks out of my head for a week now.”
“With a full-length slated for this year [2011], they may soon join the ranks of Do Make Say Think, Holy Fuck and Godspeed You! Black Emperor as bona fide Canadian post-rock stars.”
“An Old World Vulture show is something that all music lovers should experience. They challenge traditional ideas and open the eyes and minds of those who cross their musical path.”
— Examiner
