Fresnel/vancouver
Split
Side A features Austian Fresnel. They released stuff a couple of years ago apparently but then retreated into the rehearsal room until now due to heavy line-up changes and are now minus a vocalist. Unfortunately I can't comment on whether this makes them better or worse. What I can say is that they're damn good. Big doomy riffs and a great production make this massively impressive. ... Side B features Swiss Vancouver. They remind me of Burst, although I'd say more interesting on the whole. Recorded in one take the track sounds really organic and has an immediacy about it that was perhaps lacking from their debut record.