Make A Rising

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Make A RisingMake A Rising birthed from the fertile Philly art-rock scene of the early 00's. Founding members: John Heron, Brandon Beaver, brothers Moynihan and a revolving cast of super talents performed elaborate stage shows set to Brian Wilson influenced pyramids of bedroom indie prog. MAR released two albums through High Two and a free 3 song EP. They are currently working on a 3rd full length album.Infinite Ellipse and Head with Open Fontanel, released 01 January 20081. Sneffels Yokul2. All One or None3. Peaceful Paths4. Woodsong Part One5. Bradford's Big Boatride [Beyond (The Dawn)]6. Transmutation7. Your Karmic Obstacle8. Look, I'm Almost Dead9. How's About A Love Supreme10. Woodsong Part TwoLet's get one thing straight. The second album from Philadelphia freaks Make a Rising, the colorfully titled Infinite Ellipse and Head with Open Fontanel, is not your father's art rock. Rather it is the art rock of your weird uncle who still lives in your grandmother's basement and rolls funny smelling cigarettes on old Soft Machine LP covers.The album arrives at the post-Animal Collective juncture in the indie-rock timeline, when eclecticism, experimentation, goofy aliases, fuzzy beards, funny outfits, and Brian Wilson worship have largely supplanted angular haircuts, garage-rock roots, and musical minimalism. A number of artists have lately assimilated the former aesthetic and applied it to loosey-goosey hippie jams and free-form freakouts, but this Philly sextet doesn't mess around. They are dyed-in-the-wool art-rockers (dare we even say straight-up prog-rockers, without offending some post-punk purist's delicate sensibilities?) who have obviously soaked up the lessons of British avant-rockers Henry Cow, American classical composer Charles Ives, and yes, Brian Wilson's legendary art-pop suite Smile, well before Panda Bear made it cool to do so.Infinite Ellipse has a couple of "everybody must get stoned" moments, but Make a Rising makes a virtue of precise musical movements, carefully crafted arrangements, and an almost anal attention to detail. Polyrhythmic syncopations of unconventional time signatures, unexpected but masterfully orchestrated dynamic shifts, multiple instruments hammering home unison riffs and ostinato counterpoints -- hell, the only thing separating this from Close to the Edge is a Rick Wakeman Minimoog solo and some fruity lyrics. (That's a compliment.)It's important to note that not only are the most striking moments here instrumental, but those lengthy instrumental passages make complete melodic arcs, eschewing the "throw a few chords together and go nuts" approach that would have been the easy way out. Make a Rising makes challenging music, but the ample rewards easily outway any demands.*** Review by Jim AllenPrefixmagApril 24th 2008

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