Raven is the new album from the American duo Pterodactyl Plains. Made up of, Jessica Kilroy and Kier Atherton. The album takes you on a magical journey through space, taking you to the depths of all eleven tracks. Each track boasts a combination of bright and dark sounds littered with the most bizarre beats and noises that can only ignite your imagination. The heavenly vocals from Jessica Kilroy supplement the album beautifully, and bring you back down to earth from what seems like a slightly alien album. At certain intervals in the album I struggle to find the necessity in the odd beats and corrupt noises. However for the majority of the album it works, I’m not entirely sure how, but it does.
‘Solace’ being the stand out track of the album is quite simply some kind of magic trick. The last two minutes of the track in particular being stunningly beautiful. The acoustic guitar plays an integral part in this song pulling the strings, bringing the sounds together. Another, nestled in among all the noise, is ‘Stay a While’, a slightly more conventional song, bursting in with piano and bass rolling into the exciting harmonies that feature so frequently throughout the album.
Opener Horizon is a soothing way to be introduced to the album and Horizon II, the penultimate track, plays a similar role at the other end of the album. It’s certainly an experimental record, and at various stages throughout it works well. At times you can’t help but question the logic behind some of the sounds introduced but they’re most definitely a band willing to take risks, so look out for these guys in the near future!
Pterodactyl Plains – Stay a While
6.5/10.
From Stick.
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