Vestigial Spectra by Fawn Limbs

Science begins by liberating us, giving us the knowledge we need to master the world, to know our threats and confront them head-on. At a certain point, however, we spiral so deep as to lose ourselves in the chase of knowledge, finding diminishing returns as our souls rip themselves apart over the angst of their insignificance. Capturing this inflection point, Vestigial Spectra by Fawn Limbs and Nadja oscillate between mathy death, brutal sludge, and disorienting drone, walking us by hand further and further towards the point of no return. Throughout the record, the expert sound design inherent in the drone metal tradition helps mold the artistic direction, both when the band meditates on sparse chords and when they’re tightly executing whiplash-inducing mathcore segments. Lyrically, Vestigial Spectra explores our emotions as we come to grips with the specific natural laws that govern the universe, as everything we see gets fixed to rails and sets down a predictable path of math and logic. Such knowledge spiritually cripples us, forcing us to shrink back into ourselves as we stare out in awe at the infinite ways that we watch our supposed control being taken away from us.