Album: Memorial by Russian Circles (2013)
Genre: Post-Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Sargent House
Format: Album

Description: "Memorial"   is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Russian Circles. The album was released on October 29, 2013 through Sargent House. Memorial was produced by Brandon Curtis (Secret Machines, Interpol), who also produced the band's two previous albums, Empros (2011) and Geneva (2009). Bassist Brian Cook described the album as being darker and more somber than previous efforts. 
Memorial received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 88, based on 7 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Writing for AllMusic, Gregory Heaney praised the album, stating that Memorial was "one of the band's strongest works to date", giving it four-and-half-stars out of five.

Artist Background: Russian Circles is a three piece instrumental rock/metal band from Chicago. Russian Circles play instrumental, sprawling music which runs the gamut of heavy discordant metal, to soft delicate passages. They are also known for their energetic live shows. Mostly headlining now, in their earlier days they toured with the likes of Boris, Isis, Red Sparowes, Minus the Bear, Daughters, Coheed & Cambria, Mono, and Pelican as well as appearances at the 2006 SXSW, and 2009's Bonnaroo.They were also th... Part of the Chicago, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Post-Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: If These Trees Could Talk, Pelican, pg.lost, Caspian

Music Scene: Part of the Chicago, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Post-Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Rock, Rock/Pop, 2010s, Album, Sargent House

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"Memorial"   is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Russian Circles. The album was released on October 29, 2013 through Sargent House. Memorial was produced by Brandon Curtis (Secret Machines, Interpol), who also produced the band's two previous albums, Empros (2011) and Geneva (2009). Bassist Brian Cook described the album as being darker and more somber than previous efforts. 
Memorial received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 88, based on 7 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Writing for AllMusic, Gregory Heaney praised the album, stating that Memorial was "one of the band's strongest works to date", giving it four-and-half-stars out of five.

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