Below The Sea
Couple of days ago, I mentioned the upcoming passage of The Field Register to Quebec City’s Rouje this Friday and how anxious I am to see how the band turns out live. Lucky me, they won’t be alone. Accompanying them on the establishment’s stage will be another homegrown wonder: Below The Sea.
It’s a side-project of Quebec City mainstay Pascal Asselin (the man behind Millimetrik), Patrick Lacharité and Victor Meyer. Below The Sea has been putting out dreamy instrumental music for the past six years. We’re talking post-rock ambiances where melancholy is at its prime. In fact, the band has even called their work as “la recherche d’un état mélancolique inatteignable”. Or, if you prefer, the search for an unattainable melancholy state. But it isn’t “melancholy as a party pooper” sound. They create lush, misty arrangements which somewhat recall Ulrich Schnauss (who actually collaborates on a track) in his more emphatic moments. The shimmering aspects eeking through the surface, like diffused sunlight through the ocean, prevent the music from bringing you down, and actually seem to empower a blissful daze which enamours the imagination.
Don’t miss them this Friday if you’re in Quebec City.
Ceremonies
Polaroids
Slow Walkers
We Waved Goodbye & Stared
Tropic of Cancer