Eyestrings - Burdened Hands
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Eyestrings is fronted by Ryan Parmenter, the nephew of Matthew Parmenter, of the late, great Discipline. Like Matthew, Ryan plays keyboards and sings, and featured in the band is bassist Matthew Kennedy from Discipline, plus guitarist Alan Rutter and drummer Bob Young, who was also in Discipline at one time. I saw them live at Orion rather recently and they were absolutely a great band, capturing that very dark, symphonic vibe in a very similar - but not identical way - to Discipline, circa "Unfolded Like Staircase". This, their first album, is definitely lighter in tone to the live show, and isn't quite as impressive to me as the show was, but it's still good, and it lays the groundwork for what I hope will be their monster second album. [Split Difference]