Meridian by Tanpopo Crisis

Pure emotional intensity cascades over cliffs of distorted tremolo, capturing our dumbstruck awe at the heights and depths of the human experience. The music of Meridian by Tanpopo Crisis continues the rich tradition of atmospheric black metal, a style which derives temporal intensity from a frantically blast beating rhythm section while harnessing all the melodic, harmonic, and sentimental power of a string orchestra through its sweeping guitar soundscapes. Taking aesthetic cues from shoegaze, this record stays on the lighter side of the blackened sound, painting a picture of sublimity rather than dread, of hope rather than despair. This record provides a similar feeling to our experience of peering over a canyon wall or off the side of a high mountain, a natural, deeply human emotion that centers us, humbles us, and sustains us. A life experienced more frequently through a screen and filtered through the profit motive will target and destroy these fleeting glorious moments, making art that activates these thought patterns daringly subversive and culturally vital.