It’s with gusto then that I can introduce to you 65dos’s new album, Destruction of Small Ideas
Kicking off with "When We Where Younger and Better" the album begins on a fast paced progressive track, building force throughout with technical drum rhythms and instrumentally faultless guitar riffs making for a frantic and urgent opening tune.
"Failsafe" too keeps the same force as the first track but adds trace elements of powerful Breakcore drum beats at its ending, subtly highlighting, if for an instant at least, 65dos’s personal I-dent on the post-rock scene.
"Wax Futures" too only uses sprinkles of IDM flavourings, at the beginning this time, creating a wispy, abandoned sound only for it to be nuked by an enormous yet ephemeral drum and guitar explosion, enough to blow you off your seat if not prepared. Similar to this is "These Things You Can’t Unclean", which loses the hiss and glitch synonymous with IDM early on for a more straightforward post rock composition, implementing odd vocal samples that sound like the whistling of falling bombs and evocative violin compositions creating an apocalyptic soundscape.
It is without a doubt however that 65dos find a place for their electronica penchant to emerge with "The Distant Mechanised Glow", creating odd breaks with electronic beats while overlaying it fluidly with guitar riffs and drums, allowing at one point for their IDM characteristic to take centre stage alone, giving chance for the track to run effortlessly into ‘Little Victories’ as well as highlighting just how effective their mixing of styles can be.
"White Peak/ Dark Peak" despite being one of the shorter tracks on the album provides a lot of power. Touching on an almost doom metal sound, the guitar and piano movements work in tandem to create a poignant if bleak theme , cinematic in its grand construction.
If there is one thing lacking however within 65dos’s new album it is the characteristic use of IDM sound and samples which made them so outstanding to witness those few years back. The lack of this element puts Destruction of Small Ideas at risk of sounding more like their contemporaries and thus less individual. That said, Destruction of Small Ideas still has enough oomph to it to knock most other competitors out of the water and so if you’re looking to add some variation to your post rock collection then pick up these lads’ albums, I assure you, you won’t be disappointed.
