The Appleseed Cast: "Great Lake Derelict"

There's no easy way into the discography of the Appleseed Cast; their most acclaimed record is 2001's Low Level Owl Vol. I & II, which sprawls backmasked instrumentals and math-y emo across two disks. Their eighth LP, Illumination Ritual, brings a label and lineup change into the mix, and yet somehow "Great Lake Derelict" sounds like a definitive statement for the band. You hear echoes of their earliest work in the polyrhythmic scramble of drums and clean guitar at the outset, which slowly evolv...

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