Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory
MNRK Heavy Records
9,0/10,0
Brief:
Rolo Tomassi are an English band from Sheffield. Their name is taken from a dialogue in the film L.A. Confidential. The band is known for their strong DIY ethic and chaotic style and performances. They have spent 17 years leading the pack rather than following and their upcoming sixth album Where Myth Becomes Memory, sees them lead with more poise and determination than ever before. Where Myth Becomes Memory serves as the final part in an unintended trilogy that began with 2015’s Grievances and continued with 2018’s Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It, the most critically acclaimed album of the band’s career to date. In recording of their new album Where Myth Becomes Memory, the band except for Eva Korman recorded at The Ranch in Southampton; whilst Korman, now living in Bergen County, New Jersey, recorded her vocal tracks at Brady Street Recordings nearby.
Rolo Tomassi’s influences are said to range through screamo, classical, jazz and progressive rock. Where Myth Becomes Memory is another unique and relentlessly fascinating ROLO TOMASSI album, and arguably their finest yet.
Tracklist:
- Almost Always 06:30
- Cloaked 03:54
- Mutual Ruin 05:14
- Labyrinthine 03:26
- Closer 05:15
- Drip 05:50
- Prescience 04:54
- Stumbling 02:50
- To Resist Forgetting 04:04
- The End Of Eternity 06:12
Main Focus Tracks:
- Cloaked 03:54
- Drip 05:50
- Prescience 04:54
Other Recommended Tracks:
- Labyrinthine 03:26
- To Resist Forgetting 04:04
Line-Up:
Eva Korman – lead vocals
James Spence – backing and lead vocals, keyboards, piano, synthesizers
Chris Cayford – guitar
Nathan Fairweather – bass guitar
Al Pott – drums
Comments:
Screamo, classical, jazz, hardcore and progressive rock. The stylistic guises don’t always fit, but that’s a function of the group’s creative restlessness. Rolo Tomassi could reshape the vanguard of popular metal!
CONTACTS:
Rolo Tomassi
VIDEOS:
Selected Discography:
Hysterics (2008)
Cosmology (2010)
Astraea (2012)
Grievances (2015)
Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It (2018)
Where Myth Becomes Memory (2022)