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Tomorrow Becomes You by Slow Six

by Fred

Strings. Guitar. Drums. And home-grown computer software.

The eyebrow-raising equipment list belies their simple, gorgeous, and impeccable work. Slow Six is a post-rock ensemble with adagio intentions, and with their latest release the band marches further into their own serene and expansive place. The hawk-eyed reader may have just spotted the back-handed compliment, and indeed there are some — your faithful correspondent included — who think music is mutiny. Meant almost exclusively for rousing the rabble. If you count yourself among them, Tomorrow Becomes You will keep you entranced for a few tracks. But if this is your thing, this is really your thing.

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